ASSAM POLICE FIRE AT MEGHALAYA COPS BY MISTAKE

SHILLONG: A deputy SP ranked officer, leading a Meghalaya police team, was injured when they were fired upon by Assam policemen who mistook them for militants in a remote village in West Jaintia Hills district on Saturday, a top police official said here. Deputy superintendent of police Ploster Syiem, who was leading an operation against Karbi militants at Moolaber along the border of Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, sustained injuries in his left arm when Assam policemen fired, Meghalaya DGPolice Peter J Hanaman said.