Sri Lanka, Dec. 24 -- Additional security forces were deployed in Kheroni on Wednesday morning as the violence-hit Karbi Anglong district in Assam remained calm but tense, a day after two people were killed and 45 injured, including 38 police personnel.

Kheroni is a village located in Donka subdivision of Karbi Anglong district in Assam. Diphu and Donka are the district & sub-district headquarters of Kheroni village respectively.

Amid the escalation, Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi formally wrote to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, urging immediate intervention to prevent further ethnic unrest and restore law and order in the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) areas.

Fresh violence had erupted on December 23 in Kheroni Bazaar followi...