Assam: Bandh Called over Firing of 11 Villagers Along Arunachal Border
Student and community groups are blocking key border roads until Arunachal Pradesh authorities act on the alleged firing and hand suspects to Assam Police.
- On Wednesday, the Takam Mising Porin Kebang and student groups launched an indefinite road blockade, disrupting key routes connecting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in protest against an alleged firing incident from August 10.
- The unrest follows an August 10 incident at Mingmang Bodoti in Dhemaji district, where alleged firing by miscreants from Arunachal Pradesh injured 11 villagers from Assam over a land encroachment dispute.
- Eleven injured villagers are undergoing treatment at the Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, while protesting groups have demanded immediate arrest of those responsible and their handover to Assam Police.
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu assured him of a "proper and impartial investigation" and discussed resuming border talks through joint regional committees.
- Despite ongoing reconciliation efforts under the Namsai Declaration, the incident reflects persistent tensions involving around 1,200 points of contention along the 804.1-km border shared by the two states.
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Miscreants from Arunachal fired inside Assam territory, four accused identified, custody sought: Minister
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with the leadership of Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK), which is spearheading an indefinite economic blockade of Arunachal Pradesh, at Dhemaji Circuit House, Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said the discussion ended on a positive note, with the protesters also expressing happiness over the stand of the Assam government on the incident.
Arunachal-Assam border firing: Mising community imposes indefinite economic blockade
An indefinite economic blockade was imposed on key road links connecting Assam with Arunachal Pradesh after several student and youth organisations protested the alleged firing on Assam villagers at Mingmang Badati in Dhemaji district, in which 11 people were injured, three of them critical.
'We should not fight': Sarma urges Arunachal CM Khandu to probe border firing
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart, Pema Khandu, to order an inquiry into a recent firing incident along the inter-state border that injured 12 people from Assam. The incident occurred amidst ongoing efforts to resolve long-standing boundary disputes between the two northeastern states, with Sarma emphasising the need for cooperation despite the setback.
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