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Guwahati, Oct 30 (PTI) Fresh tension brewed between Assam and Mizoram along the inter-state border in Hailakandi district after a blast near a police outpost and arrest of a Mizoram policeman for his alleged involvement in it, a senior official said on Saturday.
The "low-intensity blast" took place near the Baicherra forward outpost of Assam Police at around 1:30 am on Friday, Hailakandi Superintendent of Police Gaurav Upadhyay told PTI.The incident occurred around three months after a clash between police forces of the two North-eastern neibhours on a disputed border area in Cachar district left seven people including six Assam policemen dead.
"Our outpost was on a hillock and the blast took place just below it.
After the explosion, we immediately cordoned off the area with the help of neutral central forces and started an investigation," the Hailakandi SP said.
On Friday morning, an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRBn) personnel of Mizoram Police was found loitering in the area and he could not explain his presence there, Upadhyay said.
"We picked him up and during interrogation, we found his involvement in the blast.