GUWAHATI: The family of Bidyasing Lekhte – the Assam forest guard – who was killed in the incident of firing at Mukroh village along the Assam-Meghalaya border will be given Rs 14 lakh ex-gratia.
Besides, the family of Assam forest guard Bidyasing Lekhte will also receive the salary that he was drawing, till his retirement age.
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Wife of the deceased Assam forest guard will also be given a government job.
Earlier, the Assam government had announced Rs 5 lakh for the families of all the six deceased persons.
Violence had broken out at Mukroh village along the Assam-Meghalaya border in the early hours of November 22, after a truck allegedly laden with illegally felled timber was intercepted by forest guards from Assam.
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At least six people – five Meghalaya residents and an Assam forest guard – lost their lives in the firing incident at Mukroh village on November 22.
The law-and-order situation in the affected districts of Meghalaya is slowly returning to normalcy, with shops and commercial establishments in Shillong opening and significant traffic seen on roads.