At least five Assam policemen were killed in clashes along the inter-state border with Mizoram on Monday, two days after boundary disputes in the Northeast were discussed at a meeting attended by Union home minister Amit Shah and chief ministers of the region in Shillong.
The deaths were announced by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who had initially put the toll at six. The figure was later revised to five dead and over 50 injured.
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Sarma said the policemen were killed while they were “defending the constitutional boundary of our state at the Assam-Mizoram border”.
The Mizoram government blamed Assam police, saying “they forcibly crossed the duty post manned by CRPF personnel and overran a duty post manned by 1 (one) section of Mizoram police personnel”.