Guwahati, Aug. 16 -- Tensions are once again building up in the volatile Merapani sector along the Assam-Nagaland border following the assault on three youths from Assam on Independence Day by alleged miscreants.
The incident, which left one youth critically injured after being shot with an air gun, has triggered a wave of outrage across Upper Assam and reignited anxieties over the fragile peace in the border belt.
According to police officials, the attack took place on August 15 when three youths from Kadamguri village - Simsat Basumatary, Subrat Nayak, and Prakash Boro - were returning from a picnic in a forest area falling under Nagaland's jurisdiction.
They were reportedly ambushed by a group of armed miscreants. Basumatary and Nayak...