Central forces to be deployed along Assam-Mizoram borders

The North East Democratic Alliance NEDA led by Home Minister Amit Shah has decided to deploy Central forces along the AssamMizoram borders which witnessed bloody clashes between the police forces of the two northeastern states on Monday which led to the death of six Assam police personnelThe decision to deploy Central paramilitary forces was taken during a meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Wednesday sources said adding that the Central forces were chosen to ensure neutrality and direct supervision from New DelhiBhalla chaired the meeting which was attended by Mizoram Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo and DGP SBK Singh along with Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah and DGP Bhaskar Jyoti MahantaThe meeting was also attended by the Director General of CRPF Kuldiep SinghThe governments of Assam and Mizoram have blamed each other in public for the border disputes after Mondays bloody clashes which took place two days after Shah chaired a meeting of NEDA on July 24Cachar Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in Assams Barak Valley share 164 km borders with three Mizoram districts Aizawl Kolasib and MamitAlso read Assam Mizoram chief secretaries DGPs attend MHA meet on interstate border rowAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday The people of Assam and Mizoram have shared close relations and common interests for decades Nobody is an enemy of the other Then why use arms Such border disputes can only be resolved amicably and through discussionsIt might be that some people in Mizoram are annoyed after the Assam government curtailed the drugs trade chain from Myanmar to other parts of India via Mizoram and Assam A section of Mizoram police might have clandestine relations with the armed civilians of that state The Mizoram government must probe this with utmost priority I request the Mizoram Chief Minister to look into this serious issue Sarma addedMeanwhile Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Wednesday urged the people to maintain peace and calmI sincerely request all to stay calm and promote peace in this time of great difficulty Mizoram hopes for an amicable solution with the help of intervention from the Central government he tweetedI sincerely request all to stay calm and promote peace in this time of great difficultyMizoram hope for an amicable solution with the help of intervention from the Central Governmentnarendramodi AmitShah PMOIndia HMOIndia ministryofhome1 httpstcom9AFXzhHMImdash Zoramthanga ZoramthangaCM July 28 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever