Official sources said the situation at the conflict site in West Karbi Anglong district remained tense but under control...
Digital Desk: Assam continues to 'advise' residents not to travel to Meghalaya on Friday since the "situation is not that favorable" following a conflict in a disputed border area between the two neighbouring states four days ago that killed six people.
The apex petroleum workers' organisation has also halted gasoline transportation from Assam to the hill state since Thursday, after reports of assaults on cars from the state in Meghalaya, however other vehicles ferrying commodities have continued to cross the border.
Official sources said the situation at the conflict site in West Karbi Anglong district remained tense but under control, with security personnel assuring no additional flare-ups.
They further stated that restrictions under CrPC section 144 were in effect in the region.
"Shillong residents burned down police trucks yesterday. The situation is dreadful. As a result, we advise people not to travel, particularly those from Assam " said Sudhakar Singh, Deputy Commissioner (East) of the Guwahati Police.
He stated that non-Assamese individuals have been travelling to Meghalaya, however they are required to ride in automobiles without Assam registration number plates.
"The advise (to avoid travel to Meghalaya for Assam residents) remains in effect," the official added.
Cachar Superintendent of Police Nomal Mahatta also stated that similar restrictions are in effect on Assamese individuals and cars entering Meghalaya through his area.
The Assam Petroleum Mazdoor Union (APMU) halted transportation of all types of gasoline to Meghalaya on Thursday after receiving reports of car assaults.
The apex petroleum workers' organisation in Assam, from whence all fuel is sent to Meghalaya, sent separate letters to all PSU energy corporations, including IOC, HPCL, and BPCL, informing them of the union's decision not to load goods in tankers.
The APMU letter stated, in reference to the attacks on vehicles with Assam licence plates, that "our members are frightened to go... for delivering gasoline goods."
The union further cautioned that any adverse occurrence would be solely the responsibility of the Meghalaya administration.
Other commercial cars transporting supplies have continued to move to the neighbouring state.
Meanwhile, the funeral for the murdered forest guard, the lone Assamese killed in the conflict, would be held on Friday in his native village in West Karbi Anglong district.
Meghalaya authorities in West Karbi Anglong district handed over the body of a Forest Protection Force soldier, identified as Bidyasing Lekhte, to Assam officials on Wednesday night.
On Thursday, the corpse was returned to the family after another post-mortem examination.
Six people were murdered in violence in the early hours of Tuesday in a disputed location along the Assam-Meghalaya border after an Assam forest crew apprehended a truck purportedly filled with illegally fallen wood.
Following the event, locals from the adjoining Mukroh district of Meghalaya set fire to a forest and the district office.
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