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Tensions along the Assam-Mizoram border arose again on Sunday over the construction of a bridge, PTI reported. The Mizoram police filed a case against Assam police officers for allegedly stealing building material from the project site, while Assam claimed that the bridge was being built in its territory, the Hindustan Times reported.
However, Mizoram withdrew the case after an official returned the construction materials, The New Indian Express reported. The incident took place less than a month after violence erupted along the 164km long border shared by the two states. Five Assam police officers were killed in the clash.
On August 5, Assam and Mizoram signed a joint declaration to find a lasting solution to the border conflict. The deputy commissioner of Kolasib in Mizoram, H Lalthlangliana, told PTI on Sunday that the bridge was being built in Zophai area near the state’s Bairabi town. It is meant to connect a road to a field belonging to the state’s former chief minister C Chhunga.The area borders Assam’s Hailakandi district. Lalthlangliana alleged that on Friday, Assam police officers entered Mizoram’s territory and stole iron rods and other materials from the construction project site, according to PTI.
