6 cops die as Assam, Mizoram border row intensifies
Updated Jul 27, 2021, 9:32 am IST
In the evening, a crowd resorted to indiscriminate firing on an Assam police team
Sarma recently said a resolution of border dispute with Mizoram may take some time as the people of Mizoram have encroached on almost 1,800 hectares of Assamese land in three districts. DC file photo
Guwahati: Just two days after Union home minister Amit Shah had a closed-door meeting with the chief ministers of all northeastern states, the ongoing Assam-Mizoram border row took an ugly turn on Monday with at least six police personnel killed and 67 others, including the Cachar SP and his PSOs, injured in the incident of cross-firing between the police forces of the two neighbouring states.
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6 Assam Police personnel killed in cross border firing
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27 Jul 2021, 10:27 GMT+10
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 27 (ANI): As many as six Assam Police personnel have died in an exchange of fire with their Mizoram counterparts, said Assam BJP MLA Kaushik Rai on Monday.
Rai, who visited the Silchar Medical College where the injured are admitted said that at least 40 people were injured including three to four civilians. 40 people injured including 3-4 civilians. As per doctors, 6 policemen have died. The Chief Minister has directed State Minister Pijush Hazarika to visit the border area, said the BJP MLA.
However, according to Assam Minister Parimal Suklabaidya, around 80 people were injured in the firing from the Mizoram s side.