Into the firing incident in the Mukroh area along the Assam-Meghalaya border, the Assam Government has requested the Central government for a CBI probe.
Meanwhile, Assam minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Wednesday requested a CBI probe in which six people were killed in the firing incident.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said, “Total of six persons including five from Meghalaya and one Assam Forest Guard killed in the incident.”
“An unfortunate incident occurred at Mukroh village in which six persons died due to firing by Assam Police and Assam forest guards. I want to express my deepest condolences. An inquest was conducted and Meghalaya Police registered FIR. As per the reports, a truck carrying timber was pursued by the Assam forest guards with the Assam Police and was detained by the Assam Police and Assam Forest Guards. On hearing this, people from Mukroh village gathered in large numbers and surrounded the Assam Police and forest guards,” Sangma described the incident.
Earlier, on 22 November the mobile internet services in 7 districts were suspended by the Meghalaya government for 48 hours.
Following the firing incident in Mukroh Assam Congress claimed that this was a “deliberate incident’ and that the Chief Ministers of both states were aware of it.