Fresh clash erupts along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border amid economic blockade
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A clash erupted between protesters from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, during which the Arunachal Pradesh Police fired in the air to control the mob on their side, PTI reported.
The confrontation occurred in Dhemaji district of Assam, a day after a student organisation of the state’s Mising community, along with other local groups, launched an indefinite economic blockade against Arunachal Pradesh.
The blockade was imposed in response to the firing allegedly carried out by “miscreants” from Arunachal Pradesh that injured 12 persons from Assam on Monday, PTI quoted unidentified police officials as saying.
The clash on Monday had erupted after a dispute in connection with alleged land encroachment by people from Arunachal Pradesh in Assam, police had said.
“When the blockade was going on, some people from Arunachal Pradesh indulged in stone pelting on protesters from Assam”, PTI quoted an unidentified Assam government official as saying. Some persons also sustained injuries, leading to the scuffle, the official said.
The Arunachal Pradesh Police then fired three rounds in the air to control the mob, the official added.
All vehicles coming from and going to Arunachal Pradesh, except emergency and school transportation, are being stopped at entry points as part of the economic blockade launched by student organisation Takam Mising Porin Kebang and other groups, the...