The Assam Police said that six people were injured in an attack on a Village Defence Party (VDP) in the Lakhimpur district near the Arunachal Pradesh border.
In response to the incident, local units of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) staged a blockade on the road leading to Arunachal Pradesh this morning.
The incident occurred in the Rupahi Rajgarh area at around 1 am on Monday when the VDP questioned four youngsters from a neighbouring state after finding them in a vehicle, according to a police officer.
He added: “The VDP let the youths go after some questioning. However, they returned after some time with around 40 miscreants, who attacked the VDP personnel.”
According to the official, at least six members of the VDP were injured.
In Assam, there are over 22,000 registered VDPs.
Local units of the AASU blocked the road leading to the neighbouring state on Tuesday as a protest against the attack and to demand the arrest of the perpetrators.
After senior Arunachal Pradesh government officials assured them of stern action against the culprits, the AASU retracted its road blockade.
Arunachal Pradesh and Assam share an 804.1-km border in Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Udalguri, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Charaideo districts.
Last year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the state Assembly that Assam has a boundary dispute with Arunachal Pradesh at 1,200 places.
Arunachal Pradesh was a centrally-administrated region after independence. Later, it became a Union Territory. On February 20, 1987, Arunachal Pradesh became a full-fledged state.
