Armed Mizo civilians attack men at PWD's work in Assam's Dholai; SP, DIG rush to spot

Mizo miscreants launched another attack within the territory of Assam. Today afternoon at around 2:00 pm, two Mizo civilians approached the men at PWD’s work within the territory of Assam. Three poclain JCB excavators were deployed by the construction company, Shabnam Traders that bagged the contract to construct a road between Bagewala Village and Khulicherra located in Dholai’s Shewrartal GP.

The driver of the JCB said that a few moments after he was filmed by the Mizo civilians, around 15 to 20 others approached the labourers at work. “They started attacking us with slingshots. Some of them were carrying bows and arrows and a few of the civilians had guns with them. While we could only see 15 to 20 of them, many others were hiding in the dense forest,” said the driver of the JCB.

“We held the cup (loader) of our JCBs in front of the glass and drove out of the area as fast as we could. We could hear hundreds of slingshots being fired at our vehicle. We heard a few gunshots too,” the driver added.

The incident was reported to the officer in charge of Dholai Police Outpost who informed the higher officials. Additional SP of Cachar, Partha Pratim Saikia and DSP Border, Gaurav Agarwal rushed to the spot. As per available information, when they reached the spot, they could not see any Mizo civilians with arms, however, they could hear them talk. SP Cachar, Ramandeep Kaur and DIG South Assam Range, Debojyoti Mukherjee soon followed. When they reached it was dark and so, they ordered Additional SP and DSP Border to retreat.

The senior officers of Assam Police went with Commandant 5AP, a battalion of Assam Police personnel and commandos. Locals living in the area said that it is not a motorable road and needs at least an hour of journey on foot to reach the spot where the JCBs were attacked.

Exactly a month back, on July 26, Mizo forces opened fire at Assam Police personnel leaving six dead and 43 hospitalised with bullet injuries. Many of them including the former SP, IPS Vaibhav Chandrakant Nimbalkar is yet to get discharged and the Mizo miscreants heavily armed and guarded by state Forces, have launched another attack.