SUV Set On Fire In Shillong After 6 Killed In Meghalaya-Assam Border Conflict

An SUV with an Assam number was set afire by unidentified people in Maghalaya’s capital city Shillong on Tuesday night, hours after a clash over a state border dispute in the West Jaintia Hills claimed six lives. A fire brigade put out the blaze that left the SUV completely burnt, but no casualties were reported.

Police sources said the incident near Mahavir Park in Jhalupara locality is “believed to have been an aftermath of the firing incident at Mukroh village in West Jaintia Hills”.

In the morning, a forest guard from Assam and five people from Meghalaya were killed in a firing incident at Mukroh village, leading to tension in the inter-state border region.