Assam-Mizoram Border Row: Fresh Stand-Off Over Forest Clearing Activity

Mizoram Home Minister Lalchamliana said the state will seek compensation from the Assam government for allegedly destroying crops of some Mizo families.

After at least three bombs went off in southern Assam's Cachar bordering Mizoram allegedly by Mizo criminals, the state government said on Monday and added the accused threatened the officials with "abusive language and weapons like axe and sickle." In a press statement, Assam authorities claimed that a suspected IED blast was carried out allegedly by Mizo criminals on Saturday followed by two explosions in the Kulicherra area where tension is high as people from Mizoram have reportedly entered up to 6.5 kilometres inside Assam a few days ago. Following this, the Assam Police along with civil administration carried out an eviction drive. "On Saturday morning, around 25 metres ahead of the already deployed Kulicherra CRPF camp, Mizo citizens and Mizoram Police barricaded the entry towards Dholakhal in Kulicherra," the press note said. The statement also said that officials were "met by a mob of Mizoram miscreants who threatened the officials with abusive language and weapons like axe and sickle despite the area being well inside Assam."