Grenade Blast Raises Tension Amid Interstate Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute

Cachar district police chief Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant, who was accompanying the official team, said no one was injured in the blast

Hours after a meeting of the chief secretaries of Assam and Mizoram over state border troubles, a grenade was triggered along the inter-state border on Saturday when senior officials were visiting the areas, officials said. According to the Assam Police, a grenade was detonated inside Mizoram territory when senior Assam officials including Additional Director General of Police (Border) Harmeet Singh and Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli were visiting the interstate bordering areas. Cachar district police chief Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant, who was accompanying the official team, said no one was injured in the blast. "Some people belonging to Mizoram are always trying to encroach upon Assam territories, and putting up obstructions when Assam officials and workers are undertaking development work. We have from time to time informed this to Mizoram, but these illegal activities are going on," Mr Chandrakant told reporters.