Siliguri, May 21 : Over 3000 Nepali speaking community based in northeastern India state of Meghalaya have been displaced due to the intensified attacks by the indigenous Khasis on them. It has been learnt that the number of displaced Nepalis may double within Saturday.
3000 Nepalis have been taking shelter at Jayanti hill in Assam and 1000 at Meghalaya, Purdung.
Quoting displaced Rimina Chhetri, Janamukti Morcha Asam Chairman NL Sulwa said the Khasis have also warned to attack them at the region they have been residing temporarily.
According to Meghalaya Gorkha Welfare Center member TR Joshi, Indian para-military force has been deployed at the tense and the adjoining areas to contain the situation.
However, the attack on the Nepali speaking community has not stopped.
Last Monday, the Khasis had issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Nepali community to leave the Langpih, situated at the border of Meghalaya and Assam, after the clash between Khasis and Nepali over land dispute. Indian people of Nepali origin account for 2.6 percent of the total population in Meghalaya.
Both Meghalaya and Assam, a neighboring state, have been laying claim over the bordering Langpih village since long.
[ via Ekantipur ]
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