Shillong, June 25 -- Tension erupted in Lapangap, a disputed village along the Assam-Meghalaya border, after a mob dismantled a wooden shed and uprooted saplings planted by Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) in Pynthor area, officials said today.
"A mob numbering around 400 from Lapangap and adjoining villages, went to the tree plantation sites in Assam in the disputed area yesterday and uprooted the saplings," C Syrti, the district police chief of West Jaintia Hills, said.
Assam police resorted to lobbing tear gas shells to disperse the mob, but with the timely intervention of officials of both sides the situation was brought under control. There were no reports of injury till the filing of this report.
"The situation n...