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CBI to probe Assam-Meghalaya border clash, attacked customs officer fighting for life | India News


GUWAHATI/SHILLONG: The CBI will investigate the November 22 clash on the Assam-Meghalaya border, in which six people were killed, five of them shot by Assam Police, the Interior Ministry announced Friday amid the controversy. Scenes of continued backlash in Shillong included a mob attacking a customs and excise tax official.
inspect Alok Kumarwho is training at the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Drugs in Meghalaya capital, was hospitalized in critical condition after being caught up in a whirlwind of protests over the deaths of five villagers from the state during clashes four days ago. A forest guard from Assam is the sixth victim in the incident, which collided with the two neighbors just as they were trying to resolve decades-long land disputes in the last six border hotspots. .
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma referred the National Human Rights Commission, seeking action on alleged police human rights violations from Assam.
Assam has announced a separate judicial investigation, appointing retired judge Gauhati HC Rumi Phukan head of the probe. Meghalaya also set up a special investigative team to investigate the circumstances of the clash, apparently triggered by Assam police pursuing a truck believed to be carrying smuggled timber.
Sangma and deputy minister Prestone Tynsong phoned NHRC president, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra and his colleagues in Delhi, a statement released by his office said.
Government offices in Meghalaya remained empty on Friday in response to a “day of non-cooperation” called for by five pressure groups opposing the killing of five villagers. Khasi Student Union, Khasi Jaintia Federation and Garo peopleHynniewtrep National Youth Front, Ri Bhoi Youth Federation and Jaintia Students’ Union went around government offices, asking them to close for the day.
A positive on a grim day is that the Mazdoor Assam Petroleum Federation decided to continue transporting fuel to Meghalaya after the state government ensured the security of the tankers and their crews. The union on Thursday suspended fuel shipments following reports of attacks on vehicles from Assam. At least five vehicles, including two police cars from outside Meghalaya, have been burned in different parts of the hilly state since Tuesday’s violence.

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