Guwahati, August 23 (NKTV): The Government of Assam on Sunday alleged that Mizoram officials entered its territory in Hailakandi and started constructing a bridge.The incident took place on Friday when a few workers from Mizoram were trying to construct a culvert at Kachurthal in Hailakandi.
SP of Hailakandi Gaurav Upadhyay alleged that around 40-50 security personnel from Mizoram reached the bridge site on Saturday and few of them crossed to the Assam side “in complete violation of the joint statement issued by both states on August 05 to maintain peace in the border area”. The local police team from Assam urged the Mizoram security personnel to leave the Assam land, but they refused to do so, he added. “In order to assert the position of Assam and to ask Mizoram forces to retreat from the Assam side of the bridge, a party of around 200 Assam Police personnel and commandos under my leadership and other senior officials reached Kachurthal on Sunday morning” Upadhyay said.
The Government of Mizoram on Sunday stated that it has filed a case against personnel of the Assam Police for allegedly “stealing” construction materials from a project site near the border between the two states. “Personnel of the Assam Police entered Mizoram territory at Zophai near Bairabi town in Kolasib district and stole some construction materials, including iron rods, from a bridge construction site” Kolasib Deputy Commissioner H Lalthlangliana told PTI. “The incident happened on Friday when work was underway to construct a bridge to connect the main road with the paddy field belonging to Mizoram’s first Chief Minister C Chhunga” he said.
“The allegation of any theft by a disciplined force like Assam Police is absolutely concocted, baseless, malafide and devoid of any facts and is an attempt by Mizoram administration to divert the attention from main issue, that is illegal construction by Mizoram authorities on Assam soil” SP of Hailakandi Upadhyay said.
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