Firing Incident Along Assam-Meghalaya Border “Nothing To Do With Border Issues” Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the firing incident in the Mukroh area along the Assam-Meghalaya border had nothing to do with the border dispute between the two states as he termed it a “clash between the villagers and police”.

“The matter was related to some clash about forest timbers. We have ordered a judicial inquiry. We have also referred the matter to CBI & NIA. Compensation has been announced. The person responsible has been put under suspension,” he said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

He further stressed, “That has nothing to do with border issues. It was a clash between the villagers and the police. I don’t think that it has anything to do with the border talks.”