Shillong, Nov. 25 -- Meghalaya Police have arrested three persons for allegedly killing a tribal man from Assam during a clash between villagers over harvesting of standing crops, a police official said today.
The murder suspects have been identified as Pyrchang Dkhar alias Loi (25), Everyshine Tyngkan (25) and Deibormi Bhoi Lamare (27), all residents of Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district.
On October 9, 45-year-old Karbi man, identified as Orivel Timung of Tahpat village under Assam's West Karbi Anglong district, died after a scuffle between villagers over harvesting of paddy, with both sides claiming that the land at Lapangap village was theirs.
"The three accused were arrested in connection with a case registered at the Nartiang p...