SHILLONG, Jan 29 ? Meghalaya Police is investigating possible British connection of the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC). East Khasi Hills District SP, Ida Nongrang this evening told newsmen that the External Affairs Ministry has been approached to verify the antecedents of a British national, Timothy Paul Minds, student of Oxford Brooks University.
The development emerged after the police today arrested a HNCL overground activist in the State capital and recovered one American M-16 rifle and a Chinese assault rifle in a raid. The police also recovered some ammunition and incriminating documents from the Golt Links residence of the nabbed person, one Dister Marbaninang.
Nofrang informed that the police also recovered a credit card, telephone card, insurance policy and driving lience belonging to the British national from the raided house which arouse of suspicions about relations between the HNLC and the British national.