CM Conrad Sangma vows strict action against illegal collections from truckers

Shillong, Oct 7 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has said that the government will not tolerate the illegal collection of money from truckers, vowing strict action wherever administrative irregularities are proven. "Whenever the government gets information of such illegalities (extortion of money), action has been taken in the past and will be taken in future," Sangma said amid demands from the Khasi Students' union (KSU's) to remove East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner Abhilash Baranwal and Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem over alleged extortion racket from truckers. Following the KSU's expose of the extortion racket targeting truckers-allegedly run by police…