Aizawl, March 12 -- Mizoram's Kolasib Deputy Commissioner Robert C. Lalhmangaiha has appealed to residents of Saipum village to maintain peace along the border with Assam as fresh tension surfaced following reports of alleged encroachment into Mizoram territory.
The DC, accompanied by Kolasib Superintendent of Police Lalrinpuia Varte, visited Saipum on Wednesday and held a meeting with local villagers and leaders in an effort to defuse the situation and prevent any confrontation.
The visit came after the Mizoram government received information that people from neighbouring Assam had allegedly cleared a portion of forest land for cultivation within the jurisdiction of the Saipum village council area shortly after a police camp in the local...