Meghalaya-Assam border tension: Assam Police illegally arrests two Khasi youths from Langpih
Tension along the Meghalaya – Assam border escalated as Assam Police personnel arrested two tribal Khasi youths from Umwali village near Langpih in West Khasi hills district in Meghalaya.
People in Umwali told Northeast Now that Assam Police personnel on Friday evening arrested two innocent youths from Umwali at gun-point while they were travelling to Boko in Assam.
The incident triggered the panic button at Umwali and in the nearby Khasi villages bordering Assam.
Earlier on February 19, villagers of Umwali had complained that Assam Police had trespassed into the villages, and wanted to construct a border outpost on private land of a tribal villager.
Residents of Umwali village in Langpih area had registered strong protest against the Assam Police’s alleged attempt to set up the new outpost.
People of the area, along with village Dorbar and Hynñiewtrep Youth Council (HYC) Rimuliang unit came out to protect the village from the wrath of the Assam Police personnel.
