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.
Twin bomb blasts in Muliwala Lower Primary School, Hailakandi
Two bomb blasts damaged the building of Muliwala Lower Primary School on the Assam side of the inter-State border with Mizoram here at around 1.30 am on Wednesday.
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HAILAKANDI: Two bomb blasts damaged the building of Muliwala Lower Primary School on the Assam side of the inter-State border with Mizoram here at around 1.30 am on Wednesday.
The twin blasts have also damaged the school drinking water reservoir and boy s toilet which were under construction.
The school is located about 12 km away from the Ramnathpur Police Station.
Home Commissioner G.D. Tripathi told
Blast damages Assam govt school along Mizoram border
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Guwahati, Feb 3 : A government school building along Assam s border with Mizoram was damaged after a powerful bomb exploded in Hailakandi district in southern Assam on Wednesday, the police said.
The police said that the blast triggered at Kachurthal area of Hailakandi district badly damaged the school walls, water tank and boy s toilets of the Muliwala Lower Primary School.
The police said that no one was injured in the blast as it occurred in the early hours, much before the school opened.