Meghalaya Home Minister James K Sangma today assured the Assembly that action will be taken against miscreants who hurled a petrol bomb at the residence of Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim.
Mukhim was home when two unidentified men stopped by her residence and lobbed the bomb at her house around 8.30 pm on Tuesday.
Replying to a call attention motion of Independent MLA Lambor Malngiang, the home minister said, "The government would like to assure the members of this House, the members of the electronic and print media and the people of the state that the government and the police are making all efforts to trace the culprits and bring them to book."
The editor of Meghalaya's popular English daily was provided personal security yesterday after the senior police officers' reviewed the matter at a meeting the day before.
"The government is taking measures to combat crimes against women and children. Mechanisms have been put in place to monitor and supervise these cases," he said.
Condemning Tuesday's attack, the home minister termed it a "cowardly act" and praised Mukhim for her social work.
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