Pro-ILP activist arrested for checking docus of migrant workers in Shillong

Shillong: A pro-ILP activist was arrested in Shillong on Thursday for unauthorisedly checking the documents of migrant labourers in Meghalaya, officials said. The development comes a day after the state home department filed four cases against pro-ILP activists in two districts for checking whether migrant labourers possessed requisite papers.
One case under Section 126 (2) (wrongful restraint) under 351 (criminal intimidation) of BNS was registered in Ri-Bhoi district and three others in East Khasi Hills district, under which Shillong falls, the officials said.The state govt has made it compulsory for migrant labourers to mandatorily register with the labour department under various sections of the Interstate Workmen Act 1979 and the Meghalaya Identification, Registration (Safety & Security) of Migrant Workers Rules 2020.
CM Conrad K Sangma has said although mandatory registration is required for all migrant labourers, no individual or organisation is authorised to check the papers of such workers. PTI