HAILAKANDI/AIZAWL: In a rerun of last year s incidents of violence on Assam-Mizoram border, several shacks were torched and a number of people were injured in clashes allegedly between residents of the two states in a disputed area, officials said on Wednesday.
The incidents of violence and arson took place at Kachurthol under Ramnathpur police station area of Assam on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to clamp prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in Hailakandi district, bordering Kolasib district of Mizoram, an Assam official said.
The disputed Kachurthol is near Bairabi in Kolasib district.
Officials of both Hailakandi and Kolasib said the security has been beefed up the area where the situation is now under control.
Several injured in Mizoram-Assam border clash
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Updated: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 0:10 [IST]
Aizawl, Feb 09: Several people were injured in a clash due to fresh dispute on the Mizoram-Assam border near Bairabi town in Mizoram s Kolasib district on Tuesday, state police said.
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The area is also called Kachurthal by Assam and falls within Hailakandi district. The clash between the border residents of the two states took place when two employees of Mizoram power and electricity department and a member of Bairabi village council who had gone for a survey were allegedly beaten up by some people of Assam when they took some photos, the police said.