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Silchar:
Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua on Wednesday mentioned that central forces are quickly arriving within the state for deployment alongside the interstate border with Mizoram.
After the forces arrive “in a day or two”, they’d be deployed alongside the border areas in Cachar and Karimganj districts, Mr Barua advised reporters.
“When the forces come, there will be peace on both sides (of the border),” he mentioned.
The chief secretary directed the Cachar and Karimganj district administration authorities to keep up fixed vigil alongside the interstate border with Mizoram at Lailapur and Medlicherra to “thwart the sinister design of certain forces to disturb peace in the area”.
The chief secretary and the Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta reviewed the regulation and order, alongside the interstate border with Mizoram, with the deputy commissioners, Superintendents, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) southern vary, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs) and different officers.
The chief secretary mentioned that that they had come to Silchar, as per directions of the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, to evaluate the regulation and order and to satisfy the household of the sufferer who “died at the hands of miscreants on the other side of the border”.
Rs 5 lakh was handed over to the household of the sufferer, he mentioned.
“I am concerned that an innocent life was lost possibly due to the handiwork of criminals. We would like to have a detailed inquiry into it,” Mr Barua mentioned.
Tension has been prevailing alongside the Assam-Mizoram border since final month, after a number of dwelling items have been broken by criminals, following which talks have been held between the officers of the 2 states.
The state of affairs turned grimmer following the loss of life of 45-year-old Intazul Laskar, a resident of Cachar district, with the Assam authorities claiming that he was kidnapped, and Mizoram officers stating that he was a drug peddler, who sustained severe accidents whereas attempting to flee and died.
A senior police officer in Mizoram had mentioned that Intazul Laskar, who was arrested with 420 mg of heroin, died on Monday at a hospital in Mizoram, after having sustained accidents whereas attempting to flee, when Young Mizo Association volunteers noticed him with the drug packets.
Appealing to all to point out restraint, the Assam chief secretary mentioned, the state authorities is taking all attainable measures to discover a peaceable answer to the issue.
He termed the prevailing state of affairs on the border entrance as each a regulation and order problem in addition to a border dispute arising out of claims by Mizoram.
“Peace is of paramount importance as you are aware it is an interstate issue… between two different communities and there is no question of not doing it other than through peaceful means.
“There is not any level in escalating rigidity… no level in rising our personal issues. We should work throughout the 4 partitions of the regulation,” he said.
The chief secretary said that the Assam Government is “completely clear” about the “constitutional boundary” of Assam which is clearly defined by the Mizoram Act of 1986.
“We are completely clear about our constitutional boundary as clearly outlined by the Mizoram Act of 1986 when Mizoram was created. Our official stand is that the constitutional boundary of Assam is sacrosanct and we are going to keep on with that”, he said.
Certain elements are playing a major part in “stoking fireplace”, Mr Barua mentioned.
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