He said he had learnt about the identities of the persons only after talking to the Jorhat SP.“I immediately intervened. A police force deployed nearby was sent to the village to contain the situation. The villagers suspected the Assam cops to be members of an extremist group and were scared. Everything was sorted out last night itself,” Kezo said.He added that a few Assam police personnel were released on Tuesday night and the others were released on Wednesday morning.Parts of the Jorhat-Mokokchung interstate district border are disputed and hence, considered sensitive. Several incidents of border skirmishes were reported in the past.
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