Blast along Assam-Mizoram border, Mizo jawan arrested

An Indian Reserve Battalion jawan from Mizoram, identified as Laldintluanga, who was wandering around the blast site, was arrested.

Tension again erupted along the Assam-Mizoram border after a low-intensity blast near a police outpost early on Saturday in Assam’s Hailakandi district. Hailakandi district Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Upadhyay said an Indian Reserve Battalion jawan from Mizoram, identified as Laldintluanga, who was wandering around the blast site, was arrested. A piece of detonating cord, used to detonate explosives, was reportedly recovered from him.

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