Ex-Meghalaya min files FIR over cash distribution rumours

Shillong, November 21: Former Meghalaya Health Minister A L Hek today filed an FIR against unknown persons for spreading rumours that he is distributing Rs 5,000 in cash to people, claiming it is harming his reputation. Hek, who was dropped by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, from the cabinet earlier this year, has also asked the police to investigate whether rival political parties are involved in the spreading of rumours.“The rumours has resulted in hundreds of people queueing up at my residence everyday which has caused large embarrassment to me,” Hek alleged in the FIR lodged with East Khasi Hills district SP M Kharkrang. This act has also created unwanted misunderstanding among the people and disrupting my official and personal works, he said. The MLA from Shillong North constituency is also the vice-president of the state Congress unit.