Assam Firing Incident

An Assam Rifles soldier opened fire at six of his colleagues and then shot himself dead in Manipur last night - in an incident that authorities claimed was not related to the ongoing ethnic conflict.

A former insurgent was killed in firing by an ex-colleague over an alleged financial dispute in Assam's Cachar district. The incident took place in Jirighat near Assam-Manipur border on Tuesday evening, police sources said.

Assam and Meghalaya are on verge of finalising the actual boundary lines in the first six areas of difference as part of the ongoing process to resolve border disputes, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Five people were arrested on Tuesday in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Siang district in connection with the incident of firing at the state's border with Assam in which two persons were killed, police said.

At least six houses were burnedin a massive fire that broke out in the Chhaygaon area in Assam's Kamrup district on Wednesday.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday over the loss of lives in firing by Assam officers at the inter-state border, calling it a "clear violation of human rights".

The firing incident that took place after a clash between Meghalaya villagers and a contingent of police and forest guards from Assam has nothing to do with the border dispute between the two states, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The Assam government transferred the Superintendent of Police (SP) of West Karbi Anglong district a day after the firing incident that occurred along the Assam-Meghalaya border.

Police sources said incident in Meghalaya capital "believed to have been an aftermath of the firing incident at Mukroh village in West Jaintia Hills"

Around 46 people have been gunned down and 113 others injured in incidents of police firing since May last year when Mr Sarma assumed power.

One Bangladeshi cattle smuggler was killed in a firing incident that took place at the Kukurmara area in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district along the India-Bangladesh border on Sunday morning, informed Border Security Force (BSF) official.

Thirteen villagers and a soldier were killed at an Indo-Myanmar border district in Nagaland as a counter-insurgency operation went awry on Saturday, sources said. Another villager died as a mob attacked the Assam Rifles camp.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said freedom does not mean anything when it is not for everyone and asked what 'Amrit Mahotsav' meant when the "poison of hatred" is being spread in the country.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that he has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the firing incident that took place in the Dhalpur area of Assam's Darrang district.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the members of Popular Front of India had visited the area a day before last week's violence in Darrang district during an eviction drive. He said some people had collected money there to stave off eviction.

An Assam Rifles soldier opened fire at six of his colleagues and then shot himself dead in Manipur last night - in an incident that authorities claimed was not related to the ongoing ethnic conflict.

A former insurgent was killed in firing by an ex-colleague over an alleged financial dispute in Assam's Cachar district. The incident took place in Jirighat near Assam-Manipur border on Tuesday evening, police sources said.

Assam and Meghalaya are on verge of finalising the actual boundary lines in the first six areas of difference as part of the ongoing process to resolve border disputes, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Five people were arrested on Tuesday in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Siang district in connection with the incident of firing at the state's border with Assam in which two persons were killed, police said.

At least six houses were burnedin a massive fire that broke out in the Chhaygaon area in Assam's Kamrup district on Wednesday.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday over the loss of lives in firing by Assam officers at the inter-state border, calling it a "clear violation of human rights".

The firing incident that took place after a clash between Meghalaya villagers and a contingent of police and forest guards from Assam has nothing to do with the border dispute between the two states, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The Assam government transferred the Superintendent of Police (SP) of West Karbi Anglong district a day after the firing incident that occurred along the Assam-Meghalaya border.

Police sources said incident in Meghalaya capital "believed to have been an aftermath of the firing incident at Mukroh village in West Jaintia Hills"

Around 46 people have been gunned down and 113 others injured in incidents of police firing since May last year when Mr Sarma assumed power.

One Bangladeshi cattle smuggler was killed in a firing incident that took place at the Kukurmara area in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district along the India-Bangladesh border on Sunday morning, informed Border Security Force (BSF) official.

Thirteen villagers and a soldier were killed at an Indo-Myanmar border district in Nagaland as a counter-insurgency operation went awry on Saturday, sources said. Another villager died as a mob attacked the Assam Rifles camp.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said freedom does not mean anything when it is not for everyone and asked what 'Amrit Mahotsav' meant when the "poison of hatred" is being spread in the country.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that he has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the firing incident that took place in the Dhalpur area of Assam's Darrang district.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the members of Popular Front of India had visited the area a day before last week's violence in Darrang district during an eviction drive. He said some people had collected money there to stave off eviction.