Watch | Explainer: How and Why the Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute Escalated

Name: Watch | Explainer: How and Why the Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute Escalated - The Wire
Uploaded: 2021-07-29T09:30:21+05:30
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Description: On Monday, five Assam policemen and a civilian died in the clashes, while another succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.

On Monday, five Assam policemen and a civilian died in the clashes, while another succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

On Monday, five Assam policemen and a civilian died in the clashes, while another succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.

watch explainer how and why the assam mizoram border dispute escalated

The simmering tension between Assam and Mizoram ended up in a deadly clash barely 48 hours after Union home minister Amit Shah met chief ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Zoramthanga. On Monday, five Assam policemen and a civilian died in the clashes, while another succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. The Wire's Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty explains what led to the escalation in the dispute.

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