Assam-Mizoram Border Clash: Chief Secretaries and DGPs of two states reach New Delhi

GUWAHATI: Chief Secretaries and Director General of Police (DGPs) from two north-eastern states of Assam and Mizoram have reached New Delhi to hold talks over a border clash between the two.

A meeting has been chaired by Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla with Mizoram Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo and Mizoram DGP SBK Singh since 10:30 this morning.

Bhalla will chair another meeting with Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah and Assam DGP BJ Mahanta most likely at 4 pm today and later top officials of both states will sit together.

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The purpose of this meeting is to arrive at a formula to maintain the status quo in disputed areas along the Assam-Mizo border. Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in Assam's Barak valley share a 164 km long border with Mizoram's Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit districts.

The long-standing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram turned bloody on Monday, less than a day, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's departure from the Northeast after chairing a meeting with all the northeastern CMs on border dispute in Shillong on Saturday.

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