Situation simmering along Assam-Arunachal border

The simmering situation along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Lakhimpur refuses to die down a day after the Lakhimpur district administration dismantled check post at Moinajuli area set up by the Papumpara district authorities.

Thousands of local residents are leaving their homes apprehending incidents of violence in the areas and thus this has forced the authorities to deploy more security forces in the area before the situation spans out of control.

But a section of Arunachalese people are still asking the border people within the territory of Assam to vacate the place. Talking to Assam Times, local residents have alleged that section of policemen in Papumpara district are joining those threatening the Assamese people.

It may be noted that after three months of controversy, the North Lakhimpur district administration dismantled an illegal check post set up by the Arunachal Pradesh government on Monday early morning. Hours after it, some Arunchalese people set on fire a forest camp within the Assam territory. Police have later arrested three Arunachal Pradesh policemen in this connection.

Meanwhile, quoting Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorje Khandu as saying a local English daily has it that Assam only has been illegally occupying a vast plot of land belonging to Assam.