Shillong:
A self-proclaimed new “terror outfit” – Lawei ba Phyrnai, on April 8, has sent a letter to the chief minister threatening to blow up an LP school if former HNLC leader Julius K Dorphang is not released by April 10.
Dorphang is currently serving a 25-year sentence for raping a minor girl in 2017.
The mail sent by the publicity secretary of the group demanded that Dorphang should be released and left alone inside a bus at the ISBT platform at 10:00 pm on Sunday.
The email read, “Don’t waste your time tracking us. This IP address has been coaxed and so was the previous one. Sparing you the trouble, our IP address is 114.143.108.143 after which it would bounce to 158.144.109.170 then to 152.57.86.143 before shifting from 158.144.114.36; 103.226.236.243; 158.144.59.70 and finally 114.143.108.89 (sic).”
“I know this is turning to a numbers game, thanks to our tech expert software engineer Organising Secretary. I know what you’re thinking. Why did this M.Tech student turn to a rebel group? First, blame it on yourself. Second, I guess it lies in the job description; who, after all, is least likely to confuse the radio with the landing gear, or the red wire with the green! (sic),” the mail continued.
Notably, on April 1, the group had sent its first email to the chief minister, Governor and some police officials wherein it had identified itself as a “terror group” formed by 37 “qualified jobless youth” and had threatened to execute bomb blasts every single week starting from May 1, 2022.