Assam CM to request Mizoram counterpart to probe 'school blast' incident

GUWAHATI: After another school bombing along the Assam-Mizoram border, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he is going to write to his Mizoram counterpart and request for a probe into the incident.

“As the incident has occurred in our territory, Assam will also conduct an inquiry into it,” the Assam CM added.

The Mizoram border along the Barak Valley was temporarily calm until a grenade blast destroyed a part of a school building in the Gutguti area in the Hailakandi district.

The Assam CM also said that intelligence reports had suggested sporadic incidents may occur along the border. ''I had mentioned about it in the assembly on Friday."

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The school in question falls under the Gutguti outpost of Assam police.

Gaurav Upadhyay, Superintendent of Police of Hailakandi district said, “A wall of the school building was partially damaged. The locals heard the explosion about 11:30 p.m. There was no major damage to property, but we are seriously investigating the attack.”

In October 2020, two schools located in Assam territory were bombed by suspected miscreants from Mizoram.

On Friday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that Assam’s government has set up 20 Border Police Outposts in the Barak Valley to check encroachment from Mizoram.

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