Meanwhile, in response to the Mizoram police's FIR against him in connection to the inter-state border skirmish, Sarma on Saturday said that he is ready to join any probe on the issue.
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that Northeast India will always be one.
The FIR was lodged by the state police at the Vairengte police station late Monday after a gunfight between the Mizoram and the Assam police forces near the border town.
The Assam Police also said it will take "lawful action" against Vanlalvena who had allegedly made a "threatening" statement over the border clash in which five policemen and a civilian were killed.
Officials in Assam’s Barak valley said organized blockade on Assam’s roads leading to Mizoram had been lifted and no group was now out on the streets trying to stop truckers or other vehicles.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala has termed the Assam government's travel advisory as an "embarrassing day for the country".
At least six Assam Police personnel were killed and several others suffered injuries in clashes at the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday, July 26.
The Deputy Chief Minister’s remarks came as a rebuttal to the “encroachment” charge levelled by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday, who said his government would move the Supreme Court over the issue.
The northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram on Wednesday agreed to amicably resolve the ongoing border conflict which left five policemen and a civilian dead.
As the tension between Assam and Mizoram continues over border dispute, heavy security has been deployed at the border areas. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been deployed to maintain peace.
While briefing about the ground situation near the disputed Assam-Mizoram border, Cachar Superintendent of Police Ramandeep Kaur on July 28 said that the situation is now normal in the area and central forces are deployed at the border.
Border clashes between the northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram are not new, however, the one witnessed on Monday was the bloodiest. The two states are locked in a battle over their boundaries for decades, often leading to big or small clashes.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has condemned the violence in Cachar district that claimed the lives of five police personnel. Sarma said that the border dispute is not political and that the state government will move the Supreme Court seeking protection of Innerline Forest Reserve from destruction and encroachment.
Border clashes between the northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram are not new, however, the one witnessed on Monday was the bloodiest. The two states are locked in a battle over their boundaries for decades, often leading to big or small clashes.
As the Assam-Mizoram border row turned violent on Monday with a spate of clashes and five Assam Police personnel being shot dead, Union Home Minister Amit Shah talked over phone with both the Chief Ministers and urged them to maintain peace and protect the people.
Assam government will deploy three commando battalions in Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts bordering Mizoram to strengthen security.
Assam-Mizoram border dispute: The situation on the Assam-Mizoram border remained tense as Assam declared three-day mourning to condole the death of policemen in a border clash in the state’s Cachar district.
A three-day state mourning from Tuesday is announced in Assam today to condole the death of five policemen and one civilian in a border clash with Mizoram.
According to officials, at least five Assam Police personnel were killed while defending the "constitutional boundary" of Assam.
At least six personnel of the Assam Police were killed in firing by miscreants from neighbouring Mizoram on Monday as violence escalated along the inter-state border in Cachar district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
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