Protesters block NH-144 near Kachurthol on Wednesday
SILCHAR: The prolonged border dispute between Assam and Mizoram triggered another flareup on Tuesday night in which at least six people were injured and several houses were torched in clashes between residents of the two states at Kachurthol in Hailakandi district.
Section 144 CrPC has been promulgated in the Jhalnacherra area under Ramnathpur police station bordering Mizoram. Senior officials of the civil and police administration are camping at Kachurthol to defuse tension.
Tuesday night’s incident took place less than a week after a school at Kachurthol was damaged in two bomb blasts by suspected miscreants from neighbouring Mizoram on February 3.