The Mizoram Government and the
Assam Rifles (AR) are at loggerheads over the alleged
“forceful entry” of a few personnel of the paramilitary force
into the State on Wednesday.
The Mizoram Government
alleged that a team of Assam
Rifles men breached the protocol issued by the State Government by refusing to undergo screening at the Vairengte
checkgate on the Assam-Mizoram border.
The Mizoram Home Department said that a team of
15 Assam Rifles personnel belonging to Sector 23 stationed here, refused to comply with the entry and medical screening protocols at the
border entry point and entered the State forcefully at
around 3.30 pm.
“A team of 25 other personnel were also rushed from
Aizawl to Vairengte to intimidate the officials and four of
them allegedly surrounded
the officer-in-charge of the
local police station, who tried
to explain the protocols to
them,” Secretary of Mizoram
Home Department Zaihmingthanga said in a letter to
Brigadier Vinod S, the DIG
of Sector 23, Assam Rifles
posted here.
“It is unfortunate that the
rogue behaviour by the Assam Rifles personnel took
place when the State is struggling to control the high rate
of COVID-19 positive cases
and to prevent the community-level spread of the virus.
The State Government is extremely cautious about the
entry of residents and nonresidents. Moreover, statistics show Assam Rifles is the
second highest contributor of
COVID-19 positive cases
among those from military
and paramilitary forces stationed in the State,” the letter added. Assam Tribune AIZAWL, Aug 20.
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