Thousands of people of Maibang including school students and senior citizens of Maibang took out a procession from Dishru Playground at Maibang and marched through the major parts of Maibang town.
Earlier on October 17 these organisations had submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, Dima Hasao through SDO (Civil) for deployment of security personnel in the Dimasa villages like Tongkikhro, Digerkhro, Bongkai, Prasadimdik (Dimakhro), Didam, Drun, Semkhor, Path II,Yeah, Diduki, Thapa, Phaidmg, Jagdi and Natun Nobdi etc., for providing protection against anticipated attack by the HTF. They also urged to immediately arrest the leaders of HTF and others involved in these ongoing acts of attack on the Dimasa villages to stop these evil acts which has disturbed the communal harmony amongst the people. The memorandum maintained that recently the inhuman activities carried out by the Hills Tiger Force have created chaos in the Dima Hasao district especially among the Dimasa people. A fear psychosis was prevailing among the general public
Three Dimasa villages were burnt down and one person was killed while others were injured in the incident. The Dimasa people residing in the neighbouring areas of non-Dimasa villages were passing sleepless nights due to fear of sudden attack by the Hills Tiger Force. They expressed surprise that within a span of three days, three Dimasa villages were burnt down by the miscreants. These activities have disturbed the peace and tranquility of the entire district, the memorandum stated.