{"id":410826,"date":"2022-11-22T15:40:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T10:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=410826"},"modified":"2022-11-22T17:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T11:49:04","slug":"mukoh-firing-internet-suspended-assam-meghalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/mukoh-firing-internet-suspended-assam-meghalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Mukoh firing incident: Mobile internet  suspended after forest guard, 4 killed in clash on Assam-Meghalaya border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The mobile internet services in Meghalaya were suspended in 7 districts for 48 hours following a firing incident in Mukoh. At least 4 people including a forest guard were killed in this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mobile internet services will remain barred in seven districts for 48 hours from November 22, Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read the official order here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153114\/FiKC9TDUAAENNAq.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad Sangama stated during a press conference that 4 people, including Meghalaya residents and one Assam Forest Guard, have succumbed in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/women-rape-factory-worker-jalandhar\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/women-rape-factory-worker-jalandhar\/\"> Four women kidnap factory worker, rape him overnight in Punjab\u2019s Jalandhar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place at Mukoh area near Assam-Meghalaya border on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reports said that 4 individuals were killed in a gun fight at the Assam-Meghalaya border on Tuesday morning after police stopped a vehicle that was reportedly smuggling timber. One of the deceased was a forest guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meghalaya | Four persons, including three people from West Jaintia Hills and an Assam forest guard, were killed in a firing incident that took place at Mukroh area along Assam-Meghalaya border today: Meghalaya DGP LR Bishnoi to ANI<br><br>(File pic) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aM3um6uLyy\">pic.twitter.com\/aM3um6uLyy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1594936108584153088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A crew from the Assam Forest Department reportedly intercepted the truck at the Meghalaya border in Moikrang in the West Karbi Anglong district at around three in the morning. Hot pursuit followed the truck&#8217;s attempt to elude capture. When the forest guards finally started firing at the car, one of the tyres was punctured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truck driver, the handyman, and a third individual were all captured and taken to Jiriking by the forest guards. The forest guards reported the event to the Zirikending police station and requested additional help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 5 am, a large group of Meghalayans with &#8220;dao&#8221; (daggers) and other weapons gathered there, a senior police official said. 4 persons, including the forest guard, died as a result of the police team&#8217;s self-defence shooting after they arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bidya Singh Lehte, the deceased forest guard, and Abhimanyu, the injured forest guard, were both involved in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Three members of the Khasi community as well as a forest home guard died in the incident and currently, the situation is under control, a policeman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/anand-teltumbde-supreme-court-hearing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/anand-teltumbde-supreme-court-hearing\/\">Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA approaches Supreme Court against bail granted to Anand Teltumbde, hearing on November 25<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/gopal-kesawat-daughter-kidnapped\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/gopal-kesawat-daughter-kidnapped\/\">Rajasthan Congress leader daughter kidnapped<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bidya Singh Lehte, the deceased forest guard, and Abhimanyu, the injured forest guard, were both involved in the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":410839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Mukoh firing incident: Mobile internet  suspended after forest guard, 4 killed in clash on Assam-Meghalaya border\n\n\n#mokoh #firing #forestguard #killed #Meghalaya #meghalayanews #LatestNews #TrendingNow #Trending #LatestNews ","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,125714],"tags":[147010,105706,147030,147029,147008],"yst_prominent_words":[32651,4812,7391,6162,14660,14652,55465,13960],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22153553\/firing.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410826"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=410826"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=410826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->