Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday directed the police to withdraw the First Information Report registered against Mizo Nat...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday directed the police to withdraw the First Information Report registered against Mizo National Front MP K Vanlalvena as a “goodwill gesture” following clashes with the neigbouring state. The Mizo National Front is the ruling party in Mizoram.
Sarma, however, said that the cases against other accused police officers will be pursued.
Vanlalvena and six other police officials were booked after tensions escalated along the Assam-Mizoram border on July 26 following reports of firing and clashes between the police of the two states. The states share a 164.6-km-long border, which has long been a cause of dispute.
During the clashes, five Assam Police officers lost their lives. While no casualties were suffered by Mizoram, the state government claimed that around 200 Assam Police personnel had crossed a duty post manned by the Central Reserve Police Force and state police in Vairengte town of Mizoram’s Kolasib district.
Following the FIR, the Mizoram Police had also booked Sarma, four police officers and two bureaucrats on charges of attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy in connection with the clashes. Around 200 unidentified police personnel were also booked.
In a tweet on Monday, Sarma that he has taken note of the statements given by Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga in which he had...
