Mob assaults Assam forest vary workplace over alleged land encroachment, a number of injured


GUWAHATI

A mob attacked an workplace of the Assam Forest Division in Chirang district on Friday (April 17, 2026), fueling pressure alongside the India-Bhutan border.

The mob, protesting the detention of some locals who had allegedly encroached upon forest land, vandalised the Runikhata Forest Vary workplace and residential quarters, torched greater than half-a-dozen authorities autos on its premises, and took away some weapons.