NEW DELHI, Nov 29: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the memorandum submitted by the Meghalaya government and asked the Centre and the Assam government to submit preventive recommendations within two weeks.
The Commission observed that whatever be the dispute police have to use restraint in such a situation.
NHRC said the incident was an outcome of the long-pending border dispute between the two states and could have been averted had the controversy been settled earlier. There is a need to examine the standard operating procedure, if any, in vogue about firing by armed forces/police in disputed areas between states, it added. The NHRC asked the Union Home Secretary and the Assam Chief Secretary to suggest measures to prevent such incidents in disputed areas and said their response should be submitted within two weeks.
