Guwahati, July 31:

Brief

– Assam – Mizoram relations have soured after clash of both States’ police forces at Vairengte resulting in death of 6 Assam Police personnel
– Simmering tension at Assam – Mizoram border
– Mizoram police have filed FIR against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with charges of ‘attempt to murder’. FIR also against other senior Assam officials
– They have been summoned on August 01, 2021 at Vairengte Police Station
– Mizoram police action comes after Assam’s advisory against travelling to Mizoram.
– Assam police have also filed FIR and summoned top officials of Mizoram and its Rajya Sabha MP

Full Report

As the social media war between people of Assam and Mizoram rages on about the violent clash at the border of the two states leading to death of 6 Assam Police personnel and who’s responsible for the tragedy, Mizoram has upped its ante by filing an FIR against Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma.

In a clear sign of simmering tensions between the two neighbouring states Mizoram Police have filed the FIR against Sarma with charges of ‘attempt to murder’ among several other criminal sections. FIRs have also been filed against six other top officials of Assam and 200 unnamed Assam police personnel.

This comes after Assam’s advisory asking its citizens not to travel to Mizoram, and in response to case by Assam police against Mizoram officials who have been issued summons in this regard along with summon to Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha MP, K Vanlalvena in New Delhi.

Mizoram police on Friday issued summon notices to six Assam senior officials via Fax, namely, Inspector General (IG) of Assam Police Anurag Aggarwal, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Cachar Devojyoti Mukherjee, Cachar Superintendent of Police Chandrakant Nimbalkar, and officer in-charge of Dholai Police Station, Sahab Uddin.

Mizoram issued the summon exercising Section 41A of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) based on case (19/21) at Vairengte police station in Kolasib district of northern Mizoram filed on July 26, 2021.

They have been asked to appear at Vairengte Police Station on August 01, 2021.

Assam registers case against Mizoram Officials, MP

Meanwhile, Assam Police has registered a case at Dhalai police station (236/21) in Cachar on the inter-state border dispute in which several rounds of shots including those from Light Machine Guns were fired and 6 Assam police personnel had died and over 50 other injured of bullet wounds. The clash flared up over an alleged construction by Mizoram at Lailapur under Dhalai of Cachar district in southern Assam and Vairengte in Kolasib district of northern Mizoram, which is under the disputed 198-square-mile stretch on the inter-state border.

Assam Police had also on Friday sent summons to six senior Mizoram officials – H Lalthlangliana, Deputy Commissioner of Kolasib district, Vanlalfake Ralte, Kolasib Superintendent of Police, David JB Kolasob Additional SP, C Lalrempuia, Sub Divisional Officer ) Civil of Vairengte, Bruce Kirbi Commandant of IRBN deputed on the border and Thartea Hrangchal, Sub Divisional Police Officer of Vairengte.

A team of Assam Police including its Crime Investigation Department had also pasted summon notice for Vanlalvena at New Delhi Mizoram House after they couldn’t reach him.
Both the Dholai and Vairengte PS cases are registered under sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder, attempt to murder, conspiracy, voluntary causing grievous hurt and under the Arms Act.

The violent clash at Vairengte

The clash between Assam police and Mizoram police along with involvement of residents of Vairengte town from Mizoram took place at the Vairengte town which is located right along the border of Cachar (Assam)-Kolasib (Mizoram) district on July 26, 2021. Mizoram officials say the violence started when around 200 Assam Police personnel along with Cachar district officials came to Vairengte and forcibly crossed the duty posts manned by CRPF and Mizoram police as well as damaging several vehicles that were travelling along the National Highway between Vairengte and Lailapur. The residents of Vairengte town, Kolasib District (Mizoram) were also assaulted by Assam police and tear gas fired at them, resulting in injury to many civilians.

Assam says they had gone to the border town to impose the status quo as new constructions were taking place in the disputed land inside the Assam territory. In the ensuing clash, 5 Assam police personnel were killed and hundreds injured.

At the same time, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga got into a twitter fight with each calling out to each other as being in the wrong and seeking Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s intervention to resolve the burning issue.