SHILLONG: Internet services across Meghalaya have been restored across Meghalaya.
The internet services in Meghalaya were restored on Monday, seven days after the Mukroh firing incident.
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Internet services in seven Meghalaya districts were suspended on November 22, soon after the clash in Mukroh village along the interstate border with Assam.
At least six people – five Meghalaya residents and one Assam forest guard – were killed in Mukroh village after personnel of the Assam police opened fire at a crowd.
Internet services in seven Meghalaya districts were suspended as a bid to prevent spread of misinformation that could have escalated tensions with Assam.
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The seven districts affected by the suspension are: West Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, eastern West Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, and South West Khasi Hills.
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.
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.