Mizoram MP gives death threat to Assam cops outside parliament

K Vanlalvena, Rajya Sabha MP from Mizoram on Wednesday openly threatened Assam police, amid an escalating border dispute between two neighbouring states Assam and Mizoram.

"More than 200 policemen entered out territory and they pushed back our policemen from our own posts and they gave firing orders first, before we fired. They are lucky that we didn't kill them all. If they come again, we shall kill them all," he said.

A team of Assam Police are now going to Delhi to question K Vanlalvena on what they alleged is a deliberate, unprovoked attack by the Mizoram Police near the border on Monday.

Six Assam policemen died in unprecedented violence between the police forces of two states earlier this week. The Assam police have alleged a conspiracy and accused the Mizoram MP of having a role in it.

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The violence in which 45 people were also injured, had started on Monday morning at the Inner Line Reserve Forest area of Cachar district. Later each state had issued tit-for-tat allegations of intrusion in violation of a previous understanding. Paramilitary forces were deployed to keep the peace at the disturbed area.