Meghalaya: Four people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border after the police intercepted a truck transporting illegal timber in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said.
The truck was intercepted at the Meghalaya border by an Assam Forest Department team around 3 am, West Karbi Anglong’s Superintendent of Police Imdad Ali told.
Khasi Students Union’s (KSU) Mukroh Unit said several persons had sustained injuries in the incident. According to the student’s body, the firing incident took place around 3 am.
In the wake of killing for four persons the firing incident at Assam- Meghalaya boundary in the wee hours today, Meghalaya government has suspended mobile internet/data services for the next 48-hours from 10-30 am today in seven districts of the state – West Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, Eastern West Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills.
