Agatha Sangma
Shillong, Jan 8 : Former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma, his daughter and Union minister Agatha Sangma were today gheraoed by agitated people in Assam when they visited the relief camps set up to house the people hit by ethnic violence.
Sangma's son and Meghalaya opposition leader Conrad was also present when the incident occurred.
An official in Goalpara district said the incident took place at Chotamatia and the district police, accompanied by army personnel of Sikh Regiment had to rush to the spot to rescue them.
The security forces had to fire a few shots in the air to disperse the mob which were refusing to let off the NCP leaders.
No one was injured in the incident and Sangma returned to Meghalaya safely, the police said.
The ethnic violence between Garos and Rabhas along Assam and Meghalaya border have killed seven people so far and displaced more than 20,000.
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