NO UNTOWARD INCIDENT REPORTED IN ASSAM-MIZORAM BORDER

There was no report of any untoward incident from the Assam-Mizoram border where the Assam Police and protesters from Mizoram had clashed since March 8. No activists of the Mizo Zirlai Paw (MZP), the apex Mizo student body, were present at the spot since last afternoon when they withdrew from the border. The Mizoram's Kolasib district administration has assured its Hailakandi counterpart that the activists have withdrawn from the border and would not return. The security forces will remain deployed along the border and will be withdrawn only after getting instructions from the top echelons of the administration. The governments of both the states are engaged in a dialogue to resolve the border dispute with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal holding telephonic discussions with his Mizoram counterpart Lal Thanhawla.