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18 hurt in Assam-Arunachal border firing over land dispute
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…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
The Assam-Arunachal border violence is being framed as a law-and-order failure, but the real culprit is a decades-old boundary dispute the Supreme Court has failed to settle. Both CMs talk de-escalation while their state machinery claims each other's land, 16,144 hectares by Assam's count. The Namsai Declaration resolved only 71 of 123 disputed villages. Watch how quickly the next regional committee report lands, or whether another round of firing forces the court to act.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, rediff.com
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