'Situation along inter-State boundary tense, but under control': Cachar SP Bhanwar Lal Meena

* Police arrest KMSS picketers trying to block Mizoram-bound freight train at Hailakandi

SILCHAR: Local people of Lailapur on the Assam-Mizoram inter-State boundary has resisted the movement of trucks to Mizoram on Tuesday.

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

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 the other side of the boundary 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 boundary is under close watch, " he added.

He further stated that he has no information as to whether Mizoram had started the process of graded withdrawal of its State Police force from Assam's territory.

Meanwhile, Police in Hailakandi arrested 21 picketers of the 'KrishakMuktiSangramSamiti' for blocking the movement of a freight-laden train to Mizoram at the Muhammadpur Railway Station under the Lala Police Station on Tuesday.

Hailakandi SP Pabindra Kumar Nath said the picketers of KMSS were arrested after they put barricades on the railway tracks to stop the movement of Mizoram-bound goods train in protest against alleged aggression by Mizoram.

Following this incident, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga brought the matter to the notice of PMO, MHO, Railway Minister and Chief Minister of Assam saying that "futile action by miscreants, least needed at times like this; while the Central Government's diplomatic approach slowly unfurls peace to both the States", stated a release from Silchar DIPRO.

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