Shillong, March 11 -- The West Garo Hills district administration extended curfew for another 48 hours and blocked internet access amid the death of two persons and escalating violence that erupted over a notification barring non-tribals from contesting the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) scheduled to be held on April 10.
Two persons were killed and several sustained injuries when police opened fire to disperse an unruly mob of several hundred who allegedly went on a rampage and set shops on fire and attacked police personnel at Chibinang town under Phulbari assembly constituency in the plains belt of West Garo Hills late Monday night.
Violence spilled over to Tura, the district headquarters of West Garo Hills, today with u...