Underlining that Assam wants to keep the spirit of north east alive and taking forward the “goodwill gesture” by Mizoram, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma late on Sunday directed state police to withdraw FIR against Mizo National Front Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena in connection with the July 26 border clashes that left six police personnel dead.
However, the Assam Chief Minister added that cases against the other police officers will be pursued. Himanta Biswa Sarma said ” To take this goodwill gesture ahead, I have directed Assam Police to withdraw FIR against K Vanlalvena, Hon’ble MP, Rajya Sabha from Mizoram. However, cases against other accused police officers will be pursued (sic),” .
Assam and Mizoram have been engaged in a delicate border stand-off after seven people, including six Assam Police personnel, were killed and scores injured in a gunfight between the police forces of the two states along the inter-state border on July 26.
The two states have been at odds over the boundary for decades, but Monday’s clashes flared up over an alleged construction by Mizoram in the disputed 198-square-mile stretch on the inter-state border – Lailapur under Dhalai of Cachar district in southern Assam and Vairengte in Kolasib district of northern Mizoram.
News Source : India Today
