DIMAPUR, MAY 20 (MExN): Several vehicles from Nagaland were stranded for hours on Tuesday in the Dimapur-Assam border, as Assam Police prevented the vehicles from entering the Assam side of the border. A 72 hour bandh called by the Karbi People’s Liberation Front (KPLT) on May 17 was scheduled to end at 5:00 am, May 20. However it was informed that a “miscommunication” between the KPLT command and its cadres compelled Assam Police to prevent the Nagaland vehicles from proceeding towards Assam due to safety concerns.
Sources from Dimapur Police stated that the KPLT General Secretary had previously informed that the bandh would end as scheduled. However, owing to a “communication gap” between the cadres and the high command, the bandh could not be lifted at the scheduled time. By late afternoon, it was informed that the situation was resolved and that the stranded vehicles were allowed to enter Assam. The KPLT had called for the 72 hour bandh as a mark of respect to six of its cadres, who were killed by security forces on May 14.
