Overview
- Attackers described by officials as crossing from Nagaland struck Tengatol in the disputed B Sector late Thursday, firing guns and reportedly hurling grenades before setting homes ablaze.
- Roughly 90 to 100 houses were destroyed as residents fled into rivers, fields, and forests, with losses including livestock, vehicles, household goods, and key documents.
- Officials said no deaths or injuries have been confirmed despite the scale of the destruction and displacement.
- Security forces, including the 155th Battalion of the CRPF and Assam Police, are deployed, and senior district officials such as SP Rajen Singh have assessed the site.
- Villagers accuse authorities of a delayed response and link the assault to a recent eviction and a warning attributed to Nagaland’s Deputy Chief Minister, while both states coordinate investigations and relief.