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In a sharp escalation of the age-old boundary dispute between Assam and Mizoram, at least five Assam Police personnel were killed in violent clashes Monday at a contested border point where tensions had been simmering.

Fifty policemen were injured, including Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant, SP of Assam’s Cachar district, who sustained a bullet injury in the leg.

Confirming the death of state police personnel, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in a Twitter post, said: “I am deeply pained to inform that six brave jawans of @assampolice have sacrificed their lives while defending constitutional boundary of our state at the Assam-Mizoram border. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.”