Situation turned tense after three members of a family were killed in a road accident at Mariani area in Assam’s Jorhat district on Monday, forcing the Nagaland government to issue a travel advisory and asked its citizens to avoid travelling through the route where the accident took place.

The incident took place at Dhodar Ali Dhopatbari area near Mariani in Jorhat district where a Tata Sumo vehicle, which was coming from Nagaland’s Dimapur towards Mokokchung, hit a scooty where the deceased persons were travelling.

Following the incident, locals blocked the road for an hour, staged protest and demanded the administration to control the speed of vehicles in the area.

The angry mob had also allegedly attacked the driver of the Tata Sumo and damaged the vehicle.

Following the incident, the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Mangkolemba, Nagaland had issued a travel advisory and said in the advisory that – “In view of the unfortunate accident involving Mokokchng bound Sumo from Dimapur at Dhodar Ali (between Mariani and Golaghat) in Assam on Monday the 14th February 2022, thereby causing the death of 3 (three) persons, the situation prevailing in the current scenario is said to be tense.”

“Therefore all the Nagaland bound/originating travelers via Assam are advised to avoid taking the said route until the prevailing situation is calmed. Further all the Mokokchung bound travelers may take the Golaghat-Merapani-Champang-Sonowal route to avoid unnecessary harassment in Mariani, Assam,”Dharam Raj, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Mangkolemba, Nagaland said in his order.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)