Nepali speaking people in Meghalaya face eviction threat

The ethnic Khasi community in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya have threatened Nepali speaking locals to leave their villages within 24 hours, Monday. 

Chief of the Khasi community ordered the Nepalis to leave their villages Monday morning after observing the incident site where seven people of his community were shot dead by police following a dispute with the Nepali Community. 

Seven people of Khasi community were killed when police opened fire to control a dispute between the Nepali and the Khasi community in Langapi at the border of Meghalaya and Assam. 

Although, there used to disputes between the Nepali and the Khasi community since many years, the bitterness between the two communities got aggravated after Sunday's incident.

Nepalis are in a minority in Meghalaya with 2.6 percent of the total population.