Guwahati, Aug. 11 -- Tensions flared along the Assam-Meghalaya border in Cachar district after reports suggested that Baikam Khasi Punji, a small village under Assam's Katigorah Assembly constituency, might be included in Meghalaya as part of the ongoing interstate boundary talks.
On Sunday, members of the All Assam Adivasi Students' Association and the All Barak Valley Karbi Students' Association staged protests and vowed to stop the government from handing over even an inch of Assam's land.
The groups accused Khasi residents from across the border of regularly trespassing into farmlands, intimidating local farmers, and disrupting agricultural work in Baikam Khasi Punji.
Student leaders warned that officially transferring the village ...
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