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Himanta terms Mukroh firing act of self-defence

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Guwahati, Dec 24: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday asserted in the assembly that the police firing in Mukroh along the boundary of Meghalaya in November was an act of self-defence and to protect government properties.
Six people, including five Meghalaya residents and a forest guard from Assam, were killed in the incident on November 22.
Replying to a starred question, Sarma, who also holds the Home portfolio, said that the Assam forest official was “attacked and killed by the miscreants from Meghalaya”.
“…thereafter five people died as a result of police firing which was done in self-defence and for protection of government properties,” he said. (PTI)

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