Assam-Arunachal border roads blocked indefinitely over Mingmang Badati firing
- Aug 12, 2026,
- Updated Aug 12, 2026, 3:33 PM IST
Several student and youth organisations on August 12 blocked two key road links connecting Assam with Arunachal Pradesh in Tinsukia district, protesting the alleged firing on Assam villagers at Mingmang Badati in Dhemaji district.
The blockade began around 5 am at Jagun on the Jagun-Namchik and Jagun-Joyrampur roads, with protesters burning tyres on the roads and stopping vehicular movement between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK), Matak Mahila Karmachari (MMK), Gorkha Students' Union and Chhatra Mukti Sangram Samiti jointly launched the agitation and announced that the blockade would continue indefinitely.
The organisations were protesting Monday's firing incident at Mingmang Badati village under Gogamukh Revenue Circle in Dhemaji district, where 11 Assam residents were allegedly injured, three of them critically.
The protesters demanded that the Arunachal Pradesh government immediately identify and arrest those allegedly involved in the firing and hand them over to Assam Police for legal action.
They alleged that armed miscreants from Arunachal Pradesh had fired indiscriminately at unarmed Assam villagers and said the incident could not be allowed to go without accountability.
The organisations warned that the road blockade would continue until those responsible for the Mingmang Badati incident are identified and arrested.
The protest has disrupted movement along important road links between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, with the blockade likely to affect the movement of passengers, commercial vehicles and other traffic between the two states.
Meanwhile, Assam Police have said they are investigating the Mingmang Badati incident and will hold discussions with their counterparts in Arunachal Pradesh.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has also directed the DGP, Chief Secretary and other senior officials to look into the matter, while describing it as a local land dispute rather than a conflict between the two states.