GUWAHATI, June 9 (PTI): At least two people were killed and 22 others injured, most of them seriously, in a clash between two groups over a land dispute in Assam’s Kamrup district on Thursday, police said.
A dispute over a piece of land in Kismat Kathami village in Sontoli area snowballed into a group clash with belligerents attacking each other with iron rods, sticks and sharp weapons, a police officer said.
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The injured people were first taken to Sontoli Primary Healthcare Centre, from where 17 of the seriously injured were shifted to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
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The bodies of the deceased were sent for post-mortem examination.
A police team has been deployed in the area and strict vigil is being maintained, he added.
