Two senior government officials said that the central government does not want to take any such decision which will worsen the situation on the ground. (image for representation)
The Center has no plans to order a probe by a neutral agency like the CBI into the deadly recent clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border, but is trying to defuse the situation peacefully at the earliest.
Two senior government officials said that the central government does not want to take any such decision which will worsen the situation on the ground.
He said the central government wants a peaceful resolution to the current border dispute between Assam and Mizoram and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in regular touch with the two chief ministers – Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam) and Zoramthanga (Mizoram).
Zoramthanga also tweeted, “I still hope for an amicable solution to the #AssamMizoramBorderTension from the Central Government.” He also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Shah and chief ministers of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim in the tweet.
Assam CM Sarma replied via a tweet: “Our main focus is to keep the spirit of North-East alive. What happened at the Assam-Mizoram border is unacceptable to the people of both the states. Honorable CM @ZoramthangaCM I was promised to post their quarantine. Border disputes can be resolved only through discussion.”
Asked whether a neutral probe agency like the CBI would be tasked with investigating the July 26 clashes in which five Assam policemen and a civilian were killed, the two functionaries said no decision in this regard was yet to be taken. has not been taken. Furthermore, there has been no formal request to any of the state governments for a probe by a neutral agency, he said.
“Both the state governments are cooperating and the central government has been assured that now there will be no fire along the border,” one of them said.
After the July 26 violence, both the Assam and Mizoram police registered separate cases in the name of each other’s political leaders and police and civil officials.
While the Assam Police has named several police officers from Mizoram and summoned them and the state’s lone Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena, the Mizoram Police registered a case against the civil and police officials of Assam and also named CM Sarma in the FIR. took.
Both the office bearers cited several measures taken to de-escalate tension along the Assam-Mizoram border.
The Chief Secretaries and DGPs of both the states attended a meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on July 28, where it was decided to deploy a Neutral Central Force (CRPF) at the conflict site. Earlier both the Chief Secretaries had met in Delhi for the bilateral meeting.
Following this, an advisory was sent by the central government to both the states to maintain peace and normalcy along their inter-state border.
Both office-bearers insisted that the July 26 violence was an “isolated incident” and there was no chance of a similar flare-up in the future.
On July 26, Mizoram police fired upon a team of Assam officials following clashes along the border of the two states, killing five Assam police personnel and a civilian and injuring over 50, including a superintendent of police. .
While the Mizoram government claimed that it owned 509 square miles of the Inner-Line Reserve Forest notified in 1875 under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation of 1873, the Assam side insisted that the constitutional map prepared by the Survey of India And the limit 1993 it was acceptable.
After a major conflict in 2018, the border dispute resumed in August last year and again in February this year.
However, the escalating tension was successfully quelled after several talks with the Centre’s intervention.
On June 5, two abandoned houses on the Mizoram-Assam border were torched by unidentified persons, triggering tension along the unstable interstate border.
Almost a month after the incident, fresh border standoff broke out with both sides trading allegations of encroachment on each other’s land.
While Mizoram accused Assam of encroaching on its land and forcibly seizing the Atlang area, about 5 km west of Vairangte village, the neighboring state allegedly accused Mizoram of betel nut and bananas, 10 km inside Hailakandi district. charged with planting saplings and building structures.
Two temporary camps set up by Mizoram Police in the disputed area were recently damaged by the Assam Police during a confrontation.
Officials said the two camps set up by the Mizos and a COVID-19 testing center set up by them were also part of efforts to thwart Mizoram’s bid to annex its land along the border.
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