`Happy to join in any investigation,`says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma after FIR filed against him by Mizoram Police over border clashes

The Chief Mnister has been booked under various charges, including attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, Mizoram Inspector General of Police (Headquarter) John Neihlaia told a news agency

Aizawl: After criminal cases were filed against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma by Mizoram Police after the violent clashes at the Assam-Mizoram border, Sarma has said that he is happy to cooperate in any investigation but asked his Mizoram counterpart, CM Zoramthanga, why the case is not handed over to a neutral agency. Sarma took to Twiiter to express his views on the matter today (July 31).

Sarma, along with four senior officers of the state police and two more officials, were booked over the violent clash that took place on the outskirts of Vairengte town in Mizoram's Kolasib district. They have been booked under various charges, including attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, Mizoram Inspector General of Police (Headquarter) John Neihlaia told PTI.

The FIR was lodged by the state police at the Vairengte police station late Monday after a gun fight between the Mizoram and the Assam police forces near the border town, he said.

The four senior Assam Police officers named in the FIR are Inspector General of Police (IGP) Anurag Aggarwal, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Cachar Devojyoti Mukherjee, Cachar Superintendent of Police Cahndrakant Nimbalkar, and officer in-charge of Dholai police station, Sahab Uddin, Neihlaia said.

Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli and Cachar Divisional Forest Officer Sunnydeo Chaudhary have also been booked under the same charges, he said. Besides, cases were also registered against 200 unidentified Assam Police personnel, Neihlaia said.

The four police officers and the two administrative officials have been summoned for questioning on Sunday (August 1), he added.

(With PTI inputs)