# 18 hurt in Assam-Arunachal border firing over land dispute 2026-08-10T23:40:39+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet At least 18 Assam villagers were injured, four critically, after unidentified men from Arunachal Pradesh opened fire at Mingmang Badati in Dhemaji district on Monday. The trigger was an altercation over alleged encroachment on Assam land by people from Arunachal. Seven of the injured were later shifted to Dibrugarh for advanced treatment. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma urged his Arunachal counterpart Pema Khandu to order an inquiry and punish those responsible. He said the incident was 'localised' and tensions had been defused. The boundary dispute, pending before the Supreme Court since Arunachal's statehood in 1987, involves 1,200 points of disagreement. A 2022 Namsai Declaration resolved 71 of 123 contested villages, but talks continue for the rest. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - rediff.com Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, border dispute, Dhemaji, firing Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/18-injured-in-firing-along-assam-arunachal-border/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/18-injured-in-firing-along-assam-arunachal-border/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.