Shillong, March 10 -- Two people were killed in police firing in West Garo Hills in Meghalaya on Tuesday during an ongoing night curfew, which was imposed amid protests over participation of non-tribal candidates in the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) elections scheduled for April 10, police said.

The two deaths prompted authorities to impose a 24-hour curfew, call for an Army flag march, and deploy additional forces as tensions continued to spread across the plains belt.

"I respectfully request the assistance of the Army to conduct a flag march in the plain belt areas of West Garo Hills district, in view of the prevailing tense law and order situation," West Garo Hills district magistrate Vibhor Aggarwal wrote to the Com...