Mizoram-Tripura border tense as man, son shot at

AGARTALA: Tension rippled through another inter-state border in the northeast over the weekend after a Mizoram police officer allegedly fired at and injured a father-son duo from

Tripura

who had trespassed on a forested area across the boundary on Friday to collect produce, reports Biswendu Bhattacharjee.

Ramai Reang

(39) reached Khedacherra police station with a bullet in his leg and said his critically injured son was stranded in the forest within Mizoram, a Tripura official said. Ramai told the police that he and his son were attacked by the police officer after being questioned why they had entered the forest.