North Lakhimpur, May 19 -- Tension has risen in a border village in Assam's Lakhimpur district following an alleged encroachment by people from Arunachal Pradesh.

Authorities report the incident from No. 1 Adarshagaon under Pathali Pahar Gaon Panchayat under Narayanpur Revenue Circle in Lakhimpur district, where encroachers from Arunachal Pradesh illegally built a house on a plot of land on the Assam side of the inter-state boundary.

According to an office bearer of Seemanta Prahari, an organization advocating for the interests of people from Assam on the inter-state boundary, a person from across the border built the incomplete house by entering the Assam side.

The villagers of No. 1 Adarshagaon and Milanpur have asked the district au...