HT Correspondent
DIMAPUR, Sept 29: In a significant development, the Mon district administration on Friday withdrew
its travel advisory, which cautioned people against travelling via the Sonari route in Charaideo
district of Assam.
Mon DC Ajit Kumar Verma, in an advisory on September 26, had asked vehicles bound to and from
Mon district to refrain from travelling via Sonari route due to a tense situation at Sonari following a
vehicle accident at Angjangyang sub-division of the district.
The district administration reported that based on their assessments and reports, Mon's police and
civil societies, in collaboration with their counterparts in Sonari, are successfully restoring normalcy
to the situation.
“Therefore the said travel advisory stands withdrawn and vehicular movement along the said route
may be resumed with effect from September 29,” it notified.
On September 26, the Mon district administration said that a Tata Yodha (AS 33C 0941) vehicle met
with an accident at Angjangyang sub-division under the district. Following this, a missing complaint
was filed by the owner of the vehicle at Aboi police station under Mon district on September 25.
Based on the missing complaint, a search operation led by the officer in charge of the police station
was launched during which the missing vehicle and two bodies were retrieved on September 25
from the accident site, 200 feet below the road between Angjangyang and Longching under Mon
district.
Accordingly, due procedure was followed and the post-mortem was conducted at Mon district
hospital. After observing all necessary formalities, the bodies were handed over to the family
members on September 26.
The district administration said the incident of September 25 was completely a case of an
unfortunate vehicle accident and no case of foul play was linked with it.
