Shillong, Aug. 18 -- Tension gripped Maikhuli village along the inter-state border between Meghalaya and Assam today after local residents dismantled electricity poles erected by
Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL).
Residents of Maikhuli village objected to APDCL's electricity pole installation in their village stating that the Assam government illegally installed the poles near the Maikhuli pond which they claimed is within Meghalaya.
On seeing the villagers from Meghalaya pulling down the electric poles, a group of people from Assam confronted them, leading to an altercation and scuffle between villagers from Meghalaya
and Assam.
During the scuffle, some of the women folks from Maikhuli were manhandled, and their c...