: Blast in border district triggers tension between Assam and Mizoram #IndiaNEWS Fresh tensions erupted between Assam and Mizoram following an explosion in a border district on Saturday afternoon, PTI

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Blast in border district triggers tension between Assam and Mizoram #IndiaNEWS
Fresh tensions erupted between Assam and Mizoram following an explosion in a border district on Saturday afternoon, PTI reported. An official of the Mizoram Police was arrested after the blast in Assam’s Hailakandi district.The attack took place three months after violence erupted along the 164.6-km-long border shared by the two states. Five Assam police officers were killed in the clash. On August 5, Assam and Mizoram had signed a joint declaration to find a lasting solution to the border conflict.Around 1.30 pm on Saturday, the blast took place near the Baicherra outpost of Assam Police, Hailakandi Superintendent of Police Gaurav Upadhyay told PTI.“Our outpost was on a hillock and the blast took place just below it,� Upadhyay said. “After the explosion, we immediately cordoned off the area with the help of neutral central forces and started an investigation.�The police arrested Laldintluanga, an official of the Indian Reserve Battalion jawan of Mizoram. He was found near the blast site and could not give “satisfactory replies� when the police questioned him, Upadhyay said. A case has been registered against Laldintluanga at the local Ramnathpur police station, India Today reported.The police superintendent also pointed out that the blast took place just two days after Assam objected to construction of a bridge in the Kachurthal area by...Read more

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