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Tension prevails in Inter-state border but SP Cachar says "Situation under control"

Local people of Lailapur on the Assam-Mizoram inter state border has resisted the movement of trucks to Mizoram on Tuesday. 

Disclosing this information, Superintendent of Police, Bhanwar Lal Meena said three trucks laden with essentials moved to Mizoram Tuesday morning but after that local people stopped the movement of vehicles to the other side of the border on security grounds. There has been no movement of vehicles from Mizoram side to Assam since last night, he disclosed.

On Monday, 21 trucks with essential commodities and other passenger vehicles with police escort, crossed over to Mizoram after a 12-day deadlock and also some trucks from other side of the border entered Assam.

Meena further informed that the situation though tense is under control with no untoward incident since Saturday.

“The situation along the inter state border is under close watch,” he added.

The SP said that he has no information whether Mizoram has started the process of graded withdrawal of its state police force from Assam’s territory.

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