Guwahati, Aug. 12 -- An indefinite economic blockade was imposed on key road links connecting Assam with Arunachal Pradesh after several student and youth organisations protested the alleged firing on Assam villagers at Mingmang Badati in Dhemaji district, in which 11 people were injured, three of them critical.

On Monday, at least 11 people from the Assam side sustained injuries following a firing incident by miscreants along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Assam's Dhemaji district. The violence erupted at Mingmang Basti amid tensions over alleged land encroachment by individuals from Arunachal Pradesh onto land belonging to Assam.

The blockade began around 5 am on Wednesday at Jagun in Tinsukia district, where protesters blocked...