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Five Cops Killed In Firing At Assam-Mizoram Border, CMs Clash On Twitter, Seek Amit Shah라이브 바카라 Intervention

The Assam-Mizoram border tension escalated on Monday after violence broke out at Lailapur in Cachar district on the interstate border.

Five Assam Police personnel and a civilian died in clashes at the Assam-Mizoram border on바카라 웹사이트Monday바카라 웹사이트while around 50 others, including 바카라 웹사이트Cachar district SP, were injured when civilians and police from Mizoram allegedly opened fire on them in one of the worst interstate border clashes in the northeast.

The five policemen had suffered injuries earlier in the day to which they succumbed at the Silchar Medical College and Hospital where the others were also undergoing treatment
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the death of the five policemen saying he was pained and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families.

In a tweet, he said, “I am deeply pained to inform that six brave jawans of @assampolice have sacrificed their lives while defending constitutional boundary of our state at the Assam-Mizoram border.바카라 웹사이트My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.”

Television footages showed injured policemen being rushed to the hospital at Silchar with many bleeding profusely from bullet wounds.

Assam Special DGP (Law and Order) G P Singh has rushed to the spot while DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta will visit the area on바카라 웹사이트Tuesday.

Mizoram home minister Pu Lalchamliana blamed Assam for바카라 웹사이트Monday라이브 바카라 “unfortunate” incidents. He said around 200 armed Assam police personnel along with an IGP, Cachar deputy commissioner and SP and DFO had arrived at Vairengte at around 11.30 am and run over a section of Mizoram Police. Besides, they also damaged vehicles.

“When residents of the area arrived there to enquire,바카라 웹사이트they were also assaulted, lathicharged 바카라 웹사이트and teargassed causing injuries to several persons,” he said.

According to him, the Kolasib district SP also went to take stock of the situation, but around 4.15 pm the Assam police personnel fired tear gas canisters and grenades. Mizoram police also fired back even while the Kolasib SP was still there trying to negotiate. “It all started with the aggression by the Assam police,” he said.

He said the Assam police personnel withdrew only after the Union home minister intervened in the matter.

The Assam-Mizoram border tension escalated earlier in the day with chief ministers of the two states turning to the Centre for help while blaming each other라이브 바카라 forces and citizens after violence broke out at Lailapur in Cachar district on the interstate border.

There were reports of gunshots being fired from the Mizoram side besides stone-pelting. The Cachar district deputy commissioner라이브 바카라 convoy also came under attack and his vehicle was vandalised.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트

Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga tweeted seeking union home minister Amit Shah라이브 바카라 intervention. He also shared a clip showing police trying to stop a clash among men armed with sticks. His Assam counterpart Sarma said a superintendent of police from the neighbouring state had asked 바카라 웹사이트Assam라이브 바카라 officials to withdraw from their post. “How can we run the government in such circumstances,” he asked Zoramthanga in a tweet while hoping for his earliest intervention. The tweet tagged the union home minister and the prime minister라이브 바카라 office.

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Following Sarma라이브 바카라 tweet, Zoramthanga in another tweet said, 바카라 웹사이트"After a cordial meeting of CMs (chaired) by Shah, two companies of Assam Police with civilians lathicharged and tear-gassed civilians at Vairengte Auto Rickshaw stand inside Mizoram바카라 웹사이트today. They even overrun CRPF personnel/Mizoram Police."

Sarma later told the media that he had spoken to Zoramthanga and asked that restraint be exercised on both sides. He said Mizoram claims the disputed police post as theirs and they were carrying out renovation, but Assam police claimed it was new and was now under their control.

Monday라이브 바카라 development comes within a couple of days of the union home minister chairing a meeting of the chief ministers of all the eight states of the Northeast in Meghalaya capital Shillong. The meeting had discussed border disputes among several states of the region and agreed these should be resolved amicably at the earliest.

Sarma had said that while some progress had been made with Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, there was some tension at the border with Mizoram but he was hopeful it could be sorted out.

바카라 웹사이트On the other hand, Zoramthanga said the border disputes in the region were a legacy of the colonial era and lasting peace between states was important for further development.

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