The long-standing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram can be resolved either by the Supreme Court or the Centre, legal experts said on Tuesday while observing that the violent border conflict between the two was “ugliest manifestation of the insurrection”. One of the experts called the brewing border dispute as “a failure of the Constitutional machinery”.

6 killed in clash

Five Assam police personnel were killed on Monday while defending the “constitutional boundary” of the state with Mizoram and more than 60 people hurt in a sudden escalation of the border dispute, officials said. A civilian also died.