New Delhi, Nov 29: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday asked the Centre and Assam on preventive measures so that the incidents like Mukroh are not repeated.
Five Meghalaya civilians and one Assam forest guard were killed in the firing incident on November 22.
Taking cognizance of the firing incident at Mukroh village in West Jaintia Hills district, the NHRC In a statement said it has asked Union Home Secretary and Assam Chief Secretary to suggest measures to prevent such incidents in areas of border disputes between neighbouring states.
The response is expected in two weeks, it said.
The response of NHRC is after Chief Minister Conrad Sangma submitted a memorandum.
“It seems this incident has taken place due to the border dispute between the two states – Assam and Meghalaya, which is a larger issue, pending for long. Prima-facie, it appears that, had this dispute been settled, such type of incident would have been averted,” the NHRCÂ said.
“Whatsoever may be the dispute between the States, Police has to use restrain in such situations. Therefore, it would want to get examined the SOP in operation, if any, about firing by Armed Forces/Police in areas of a border dispute between neighbouring States”, the commission said.
