Four additional companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been deployed at the Assam-Mizoram border disputed site where five cops of Assam Police died in a fierce gun battle between the forces of the two states.

According to CRPF Director General Kuldiep Singh, the situation is under control and is peaceful. "Yesterday, tension escalated on the Assam-Mizoram border when police forces of the two states entered into a clash over a disputed border area. It further escalated when they fired bullets at each other. The situation was brought under control with the intervention of CRPF," Singh told ANI.