Six people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at a disputed site in West Karbi Anglong district along the Assam-Meghalaya border in the early hours of Tuesday.
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With the travel ban between Assam and Meghalaya for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday, heavy security forces have been deployed along the disputed border of the two states and curfew has also been imposed. Assam-Meghalaya border But six people had died in the violence in the disputed area. Meanwhile, the Assam Police has issued an advisory advising people to avoid traveling to the neighboring state following Tuesday’s incident.
A police officer said, the situation in Meghalaya is still not completely peaceful. There may be attacks on people or vehicles from Assam, so we are asking people not to travel to the state. If anyone has to go, we ask them to go by Meghalaya registered vehicles. Officials said that police blockades are still in place at two important points of entry into Meghalaya from Assam – Jorabat in Guwahati and Cachar district.
No restriction on commercial vehicles
However, no restrictions have been imposed on commercial vehicles like trucks carrying goods. Restrictions under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure have been imposed in the place of violence and the surrounding areas. Significantly, six people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence in the early hours of Tuesday at a disputed site in West Karbi Anglong district along the Assam-Meghalaya border. The clash took place when a truck carrying illegally cut timber was stopped by Assam forest officials.
Six killed in violence in disputed area
Members of various social organizations in Meghalaya on Saturday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Konrad K. Effigies of Sangma and others were burnt. A senior official said that some protesters reached Polo Hills and tried to burn effigies outside the chief minister’s residence here. He said that the members of Hyniewtrep Youth Council and other social organizations clashed with the policemen in front of the Chief Minister’s residence after the policemen did not allow them to stage a protest. However, the police allowed the protesters to protest at a nearby location, the official said.
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