Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that FIR filed against him by Mizoram is ‘childish’, adding that the jurisdiction would fall under Assam as the place of clash belongs to the state.
“It is childish of them (Mizoram), but the fact is that the place where the clashes happened belongs to Assam. So if a case has to be registered, the jurisdiction falls under Assam Police. But now since cases have been registered (by both states), I feel both governments should hand it over to the CBI or NIA,” an Indian Express report said.
The statement came days after Mizoram and Assam summoned each other’s officials following the border incident in which six Assam Police personnel were killed in firing and clashes on July 26. Both the states refused to honour the summons.
In a Twitter post, Sarma also said he would be “very happy” to join the probe but asked why it was not being handed over to a “neutral agency”. “Why is the case not being handed over to a neutral agency, especially when the place of occurrence is well within the constitutional territory of Assam?”.