Five Assam Police personnel and a civilian died in clashes at the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday while around 50 others, including Cachar district SP, were injured when civilians and police from Mizoram allegedly opened fire on them in one of the worst interstate border clashes in the northeast.
The five policemen had suffered injuries earlier in the day to which they succumbed at the Silchar Medical College and Hospital where the others were also undergoing treatment
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the death of the five policemen saying he was pained and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families.