Five arrested in Arunachal after border gunfire with Assam kills two

By PTI

ITANAGAR: Five people have been arrested on Tuesday in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Siang district in reference to the incident of firing on the state’s border with Assam whereby two people have been killed, police talked about.

The accused have been arrested, and saved on the Likabali police station, police spokesperson Rohit Rajbir Singh talked about.

They have been acknowledged as Bagam Tasso, Igip Tasso, Mikjom Tasso, Bompar Tasso and Yongam Nguba, he talked about.

“Police are trying to recover the weapons used in the incident, and interrogation is on to unearth the truth,” he added.

Two people died in Assam’s Dhemaji district on Monday after alleged firing alongside the inter-state border. People of Dhemaji had organised a plantation drive on the inter-state border area on the occasion of World Environment Day. Some villagers had gone upfront to make the preparations.

They allegedly obtained right here beneath firing, whereby one particular person died on the spot, the Assam Police talked about.

Three others sustained bullet accidents and have been taken to the Dhemaji Civil Hospital by locals, the place but yet one more particular person died, it talked about.

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804-km-long border, and both aspect have been partaking in discussions to resolve the boundary disputes.

An MoU was signed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal CM Pema Khandu on April 20 in New Delhi, throughout the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, to resolve the border row.

In July last 12 months, the two chief ministers signed the Namsai Declaration, setting in motion the efforts to resolve the boundary disputes.

Arunachal Pradesh, which was made a Union Territory in 1972, claims that plenty of forested tracts throughout the plains that had traditionally belonged to the hill tribal chiefs and communities have been unilaterally transferred to Assam.

After Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1987, a tripartite committee was appointed which helpful that positive territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh.

Assam contested this and the matter has been throughout the Supreme Court.

ITANAGAR: Five people have been arrested on Tuesday in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Siang district in reference to the incident of firing on the state’s border with Assam whereby two people have been killed, police talked about.

The accused have been arrested, and saved on the Likabali police station, police spokesperson Rohit Rajbir Singh talked about.

They have been acknowledged as Bagam Tasso, Igip Tasso, Mikjom Tasso, Bompar Tasso and Yongam Nguba, he talked about.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Police are trying to recover the weapons used in the incident, and interrogation is on to unearth the truth,” he added.

Two people died in Assam’s Dhemaji district on Monday after alleged firing alongside the inter-state border. People of Dhemaji had organised a plantation drive on the inter-state border area on the occasion of World Environment Day. Some villagers had gone upfront to make the preparations.

They allegedly obtained right here beneath firing, whereby one particular person died on the spot, the Assam Police talked about.

Three others sustained bullet accidents and have been taken to the Dhemaji Civil Hospital by locals, the place but yet one more particular person died, it talked about.

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804-km-long border, and both aspect have been partaking in discussions to resolve the boundary disputes.

An MoU was signed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal CM Pema Khandu on April 20 in New Delhi, throughout the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, to resolve the border row.

In July last 12 months, the two chief ministers signed the Namsai Declaration, setting in motion the efforts to resolve the boundary disputes.

Arunachal Pradesh, which was made a Union Territory in 1972, claims that plenty of forested tracts throughout the plains that had traditionally belonged to the hill tribal chiefs and communities have been unilaterally transferred to Assam.

After Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1987, a tripartite committee was appointed which helpful that positive territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh.

Assam contested this and the matter has been throughout the Supreme Court.