Meghalaya IPS officer injured in ‘deliberate’ hit by two-wheeler

The Meghalaya Police have registered a case against unidentified two-wheeler riders for attempting to murder an IPS officer during a routine road check on Friday (September 18, 2026).

The police suspect the riders were members of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), a pressure group with a history of violence.

Dangsan Khyriem, the Superintendent of Police (City) of East Khasi Hills district, said in a statement that Additional Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Lovish Garg was seriously injured after a two-wheeler allegedly hit him while he was conducting a road check in the Urkaliar area of Shillong at around 1.30 a.m.

Shillong, Meghalaya’s capital, is also the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district.

He said two males on a two-wheeler tried to evade the police checking and “proceeded aggressively”. Mr. Garg signalled the riders to stop, but they accelerated and hit him instead.