# Eight injured in firing along Assam-Arunachal border 2026-08-10T15:55:48+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet At least eight Assam villagers were allegedly injured, three critically, in firing by unidentified persons at Mingmang Badati near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on Monday, police said. Seven injured people were shifted from Dhemaji civil hospital to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh. Assam police are investigating claims that armed men in uniform fired during a land dispute, and have deployed additional forces to prevent escalation. The states share an 804.10-kilometre boundary, with several disputed stretches. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said senior officials would contact their Arunachal counterparts, but described the incident as a local land dispute rather than a conflict between the states. A 2022 agreement sought to reduce contested villages from 123 to 86, but clashes have continued. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, border dispute, Himanta Biswa Sarma, land encroachment Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/8-assam-villagers-injured-in-firing-along-arunachal-border-says-cm/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/8-assam-villagers-injured-in-firing-along-arunachal-border-says-cm/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.