{"id":142091,"date":"2025-10-09T20:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=142091"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:10:32","slug":"tragic-clash-at-assam-meghalaya-border-one-dead-several-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=142091","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Clash at Assam-Meghalaya Border: One Dead, Several Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-136520\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"50\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>oday, a violent clash occurred in the Tapat area along the <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=109744\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assam-Meghalaya border<\/a> in West Karbi Anglong, centered around rice harvesting between the Khasi community and local residents of Assam. <\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142086\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Tragic Clash at Assam-Meghalaya Border: One Dead, Several Injured\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142086 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47627286-2990-413d-9beb-fc3abd98488d.jpeg\" alt=\"Tragic Clash at Assam-Meghalaya Border: One Dead, Several Injured\" width=\"1440\" height=\"739\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47627286-2990-413d-9beb-fc3abd98488d.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47627286-2990-413d-9beb-fc3abd98488d-300x154.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47627286-2990-413d-9beb-fc3abd98488d-1024x526.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47627286-2990-413d-9beb-fc3abd98488d-768x394.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47627286-2990-413d-9beb-fc3abd98488d-750x385.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47627286-2990-413d-9beb-fc3abd98488d-1140x585.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tragic Clash at Assam-Meghalaya Border: One Dead, Several Injured<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As a result of this conflict, a 44-year-old man from Assam, identified as Oriwel Timung, was killed. According to reports, the Khasi people of Meghalaya have long claimed this land in Assam as their own, leading to periodic tensions in the area over the years. They have been entering Assam to cultivate rice and other agricultural products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Recently, there had been an escalating situation regarding the harvesting of rice in the area, despite a peace meeting held on October 6 to address the issue, during which both parties agreed not to harvest rice without mutual consent. However, today\u2019s events escalated into a face-off over the rice harvesting. Some locals have accused the Khasi of attacking Assam residents with sharp weapons and gunfire, leading to the death of an individual from Assam. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, police from both sides present at the scene attempted to control the situation by using tear gas. The atmosphere remains tense across the entire region. Reports indicate that the Assam police have dispatched a large contingent to the site, and high-ranking officials are also heading there. Notably, months ago, the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council had planted several red sandalwood saplings in this border area, which were then cut down by Khasi miscreants, contributing to the unrest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Since then, tensions have persisted in the region. Although the governments of Assam and Meghalaya have engaged in multiple discussions to resolve the border dispute in West Karbi Anglong, a permanent solution has yet to be achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"jeg_post_title\">\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, a violent clash occurred in the Tapat area along the Assam-Meghalaya border in West Karbi Anglong, centered around rice harvesting between the Khasi community and local residents of Assam. As a result of this conflict, a 44-year-old man from Assam, identified as Oriwel Timung, was killed. According to reports, the Khasi people of Meghalaya [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[50315,50314],"class_list":["post-142091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karbi-anglong","tag-several-injured","tag-tragic-clash-at-assam-meghalaya-border-one-dead"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142093,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142091\/revisions\/142093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}