DMAPUR, MARCH 1 (MExN): Eight persons were arrested by the Dimapur police today along the disputed Dimapur-Karbi Anglong border. Reported to be encroachers, all the arrested were released after signing ‘good behaviour bonds,’ police said.
According to Newmai News Network, the incident happened on the Nagaland side of the border adjacent to Shankar Tila border outpost of Assam police around 8.30am today. NAP (IR) personnel patrolling the disputed border area also had to resort to firing shots in the air, it was added. The IRB personnel, while chasing away the encroachers, also apprehended eight (8) persons from the spot who were later formally arrested and taken to Dimapur. After the incident, Nagaland IRB personnel have intensified patrolling near the Shankar Tila sector to avoid any further incident.
The day’s incident on the Assam-Nagaland border has come a day after the indefinite economic blockade against Nagaland was lifted following assurances from the district administration of both Assam’s Karbi Anglong district and Nagaland’s Dimapur district administration that they will look into the border impasse. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Member of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Tuli Ram Ronghang, and local MLA of Diphu, Bidya Sing Engleng, visited the troubled area today and confirmed that an all weather road will be constructed along the border as a first step to improve the border situation.
Further, according to information received from sources, one person was arrested by the Assam police on the Karbi-Anglong side of the border on February 28. The person is said to have intruded into the disputed area, after which he was detained. The Dimapur police said it received no information in this regard.
