Northeast border disputes killed 157 people since 1979
The Hindu
Increasing human toll warrants permanent peace-building measures, it says.
Data-mining by a New Delhi-based rights group has revealed 157 people have been killed in border disputes across the northeast since 1979. The conflicts till the Assam-Mizoram flare-up on July 26 have also left 361 people injured and 65,729 displaced. The Assam-Nagaland border has been the most violent with 136 of the 157 reported deaths. The Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border conflicts claimed 10 lives followed by the Assam-Mizoram border dispute with seven and Assam-Meghalaya border dispute with four.More Related News