Border dispute: Mizoram police file FIR against Assam CM Himanta Biswa

The Mizoram Police registered an FIR against Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and six top state officials on charges of attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy over the recent clashes at the interstate border that killed seven people.

Nearly 200 unnamed police personnel too have been mentioned in the case.The case was filed at the Vairengte Police Station in the Kolasib district of Mizoram, which borders Assam's Cachar.

The developments came on a day Mizoram condemned Assam’s decision to ask its citizens not to travel to the neighbouring state.

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The two states have been at odds over the boundary for decades but the dispute flared earlier this week. 

On Monday, violence broke out in the border area between Assam's Cachar and Mizoram's Kolasib leading to the death of seven people and injuries to 50 others.