2 useless, 3 lacking after firing alongside Assam-Arunachal border (picture: representational picture)
Two individuals died and three others went lacking after alleged firing alongside the Arunachal Pradesh border in Assam’s Dhemaji district on Monday, police mentioned. Locals had organized a plantation drive on the inter-state border space on the event of World Setting Day, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ranjan Bhuyan mentioned.
Seven villagers had gone upfront to make the preparations within the morning. They allegedly got here beneath firing, through which one particular person died on the spot, he mentioned. Three others sustained bullet accidents and have been taken to the Dhemaji Civil Hospital by locals, the place one particular person died, he added.
Three others went lacking and police have been searching for them, Bhuyan mentioned “Our workforce rushed to the spot on receiving the data. We’re investigating the incident,” he mentioned. Locals alleged the involvement of miscreants from Arunachal Pradesh as there was a dispute over the inter-state boundary within the space.
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804-km-long border, and either side have been partaking in discussions to resolve the boundary disputes. An MoU was signed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal CM Pema Khandu on April 20 in New Delhi, within the presence of Union Residence Minister Amit Shah, to resolve the border row.
In July final yr, the 2 chief ministers signed the Namsai Declaration setting in movement the efforts to unravel the boundary disputes. Arunachal Pradesh, which was made a Union Territory in 1972, claims that a number of forested tracts within the plains that had historically belonged to the hill tribal chiefs and communities have been unilaterally transferred to Assam.
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After Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1987, a tripartite committee was appointed which beneficial that sure territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh. Assam contested this and the matter has been within the Supreme Courtroom.
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