Guwahati, July 26 -- Six police officers of Assam were killed and several others were injured in fresh violence along Assam-Mizoram border on Monday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed.

The incident took place at Lailapur area in Assam's Cachar district along the Assam-Mizoram border where fresh violence erupted between the security forces of both states and miscreants.

In a tweet, Sarma wrote: "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."

"It's unfortunate that large number of miscreants from Mizoram are indulging in stone pelting and such forms...