Cop Arrested As Bomb Blast Along Assam-Mizoram Border Stokes Tension
NDTV
Six Assam Police personnel were killed and over 50 injured in violence along the border with Mizoram on July 26
A high-intensity bomb went off at a border outpost along the Assam-Mizoram border, adding to the tension between the two states against the backdrop of the July 26 violence that left six Assam police personnel dead.
The blast took place in Hailakandi district of southern Assam. Assam Police said an Indian Reserve Battalion Force personnel of Mizoram police was arrested from the area with cordex wire that is used to detonate bombs remotely.
"In the dark hours, at around 1:45 am it was reported that there was a high explosive blast using detonating cord near Baicherra BOP under Ramnathpur PS, done by some Mizo miscreants," an Assam Police officer told NDTV.
Police said the arrested personnel has been identified as Laldintluanga, 23, a resident of Bairabi in Mizoram's Kolasib that shares the border with Assam's Cachar and Hailakandi districts.
