The Mizoram government on Wednesday agreed to pull back troops from the Assam border, where violent clashes had erupted on October 17 bet...
The Mizoram government on Wednesday agreed to pull back troops from the Assam border, where violent clashes had erupted on October 17 between the residents of the two states, NDTV reported. At least four people were injured in the attack.
The decision was made as the Centre intervened in the matter after days of simmering tension along the Assam-Mizoram boundary. Union Home Minister Amit Shah held separate telephonic conversations with the chief ministers of Assam and Mizoram to resolve the stalemate between the two states.
Mizoram announced it would retreat its security forces from the area at a meeting of senior officials of both states with Union Home Ministry Joint Secretary Satyendra Kumar Garg, in-charge of North East affairs, in Assam’s Silchar on Wednesday evening.
“We will move back the security forces which had come down to Assam side,” Mizoram Home Secretary Pi Lalbiaksangi told journalists after the meeting, according to the Hindustan Times. “This should help stranded vehicles to enter Mizoram.” Lalbiaksangi, however, said that no discussion on the border dispute took place during the meeting.
Assam also assured its best efforts to resume the movement of trucks carrying essential commodities to Mizoram that have been stranded on its side of the border. “In view of the present situation, we had requested...
