Authorities in Mizoram have rubbished reports of grenade being hurled by miscreants from the State at officials of Assam government near the inter-state border. 

โ€œNo grenade was hurled. It was explosion of a tyre of an excavator,โ€ said SP of Kolasib district in Mizoram โ€“ Vanlalfaka. 

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Earlier on Saturday, there were reports that a grenade was hurled at a team of Assam officials by suspected miscreants from Mizoram near Khulichara-Singoa area. 

Tensions between both the states have once again escalated in the inter-state border areas. 

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The Assam officials claim that YMA (Young Mizo Association) activists have been โ€˜illegallyโ€™ camping at Shanti Basti area in Singoa. 

On the other hand, Mizoram officials say that the Assam Forest department has started a road construction work in the Khulichara-Singoa border area, โ€œin lands, which is being used by Mizos for centuries for cultivationโ€. 

Meanwhile, police forces from both Assam and Mizoram have strengthen their presence along the inter-state border areas. 

Assam Police ADG โ€“ Harmeet Singh is at the ground taking care of the situation. 

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Meanwhile, a massive force of Mizoram police is camping at Dhalakhal village that falls under the jurisdiction of Mizoram. 

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Saturday, said, โ€œSome tension is going on in both Assam-Nagaland and Assamโ€“Mizoram borders. Assam Police has been deployed to protect our constitutional boundary. Being gateway to the northeast, weโ€™re always open to discussions but do not encroach on our land.โ€