Guwahati:Meghalaya deputy CM Prestone Tynsong on Thursday said the state government and the Assam administration have written to CBI, requesting it to take over the probe into last year’s Mukroh firing incident along the disputed border between the two northeastern states.The governments of Assam and Meghalaya had on September 30 decided to request the CBI to take over the investigation into the 2022 Mukroh violence, in which six people were killed, he said.“We have already written a letter. Assam has also done it,” Tynsong said when asked whether the probe into the Mukroh incident was handed over to CBI. “The ball is now in the CBI’s court,” he said.
The firing incident took place on November 22 last year when the Assam Forest Protection Force fired on Mukroh villagers of Meghalaya after a truck allegedly laden with illegally felled timber was intercepted by them.The NHRC has received over 40 cases of police shootouts in custody in Assam in the last five years. Justice Mishra stated that they are examining each case and ordering compensation where guidelines were violated. The NHRC has also asked the states to submit action-taken reports on various advisories regarding mental health, police encounters, bonded labour, and other issues.
