Cherry Blossom festival cancelled because of Mukroh incident

Shillong, Nov 22: According to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma

all festivals in Meghalaya, including the Cherry Blossom Festival

All festivals in Meghalaya, including the Cherry Blossom Festival

have been canceled due to this morning's firing incident at Mukroh village on the Assam-Meghalaya border.

The Chief Minister who held an emergency meeting today said

Conrad said that the  place of incident is well within Meghalaya and an FIR has been filed. It was also informed that six people have died in the incident and 2 others seriously injured.

All hotels in Shillong and neighbouring areas are fully booked in view of the festival  that is construed Meghalaya’s answer to Horn Bill fest of Nagaland