THE routine story of extrajudicial killings of alleged accused, or even gangsters, gets buried on the inside pages of a newspaper. But not this, this was Page 1. And top billing at Prime Time. It’s not every day that two states of India, which is a union of states, remember, end up in such conflict that five policemen are gunned down by the other state’s police. And no, this is not involving Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, mind you!
Though the killing of five men from the Assam Police by Mizoram Police comes as a shock to most of us and to the TV studios, the conflict has been raging since Independence though some will date it to the late 1800s, when the British brought the Lushai Hills under their control.
Mizoram says that the immediate provocation is that Assam Police along with its state authorities overran a police post in Kolasib district and tried to set up infrastructure. In turn, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that Assam policemen were killed by light machine gun fire and made it a point to engage on Twitter with his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga, who called upon Home Minister Amit Shah to bring some peace and respite. Sarma later tried to link both the cow trade and drug running and pointed to “non-state” actors behind the killing.
Now, the versions begin to assume different tones with paid social media trolls, those who support Assam, those who support Mizoram and the diaspora from both sides. Biff-biff-boom-boom. But after the bloodbath of July 26, it is the siege. A blockade, which is a routine affair in the Northeast, is on in Assam with people enraged by the killing of policemen, blocking trucks from entering Mizoram. Zoramthanga has again called on Amit Shah to rescue Mizoram.
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