At least six people were killed in a shooting on the border between Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday.
Shillong:
The Meghalaya government on Friday extended the internet suspension for another 48 hours in Meghalaya’s seven districts.
According to the state police, social media platforms such as Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. can seriously disrupt public order.
After releasing a public order notice on Friday, in the wake of the untoward incident that took place in the adjacent areas of the Assam-Meghalaya border that left six people dead, the government of Meghalaya decided to continue the internet lockdown in the seven districts of the state, namely West Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, Ri – Bhoi, Eastern West Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills districts.
The internet suspension in the said districts will begin at 10:30 a.m. on November 26.
As previously reported, tension was raging in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, after miscreants set fire to a traffic shelter on Thursday night and attacked three police vehicles, including a city bus.
The incident took place during a candlelight vigil organized by some groups to protest the violence at the border between Assam and Meghalaya on November 22. Six persons, including five from Meghalaya and a staff member of the Assam Forest Guard, were killed in the shooting incident at the Mukroh area of West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.
According to information, the protesters hurled stones and petrol bombs at police forces deployed to calm tensions.
Security personnel were forced to fire tear gas canisters to disperse the protesters and maintain order, reports said.
S. Nongtnger, SP of East Khasi Hills, Shillong, told ANI by telephone that three police vehicles, including a city bus and a gypsy, were damaged in the incident.
“The miscreants set fire to a traffic shelter in the city and hurled petrol bombs at police personnel,” the SP said.
Earlier on Tuesday, six people were killed and several others injured in an alleged clash between villagers and a contingent of Assam police and forest rangers on Tuesday afternoon.
The alleged clash took place in the area bordering the West Karbi Anglong district of Assam and the village of Mukroh in Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills. Among the dead was a forest ranger from Assam.
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