Nagnijan Tea Estate limping back to normalcy

Situation at Nagnijan Tea Estate, where a labourer was killed by unidentified persons from Nagaland on June 3, was limping back to normal as tension prevails.
Nagnijan tea estate functioned normally today as the workers plucked 3,600 kg green leaves despite panic prevailing as security personnel kept round the clock vigil, official sources said today.
Seven platoons of Assam Police Battalion Commando Force were deployed along the inter-state border belt, they said.
Eastern Range DIG S N Gogoi is closely monitoring the security scenario for the border residents along the garden of the state-owned Assam Tea Corporation Ltd.
Meanwhile, the indefinite economic blockade called by the All Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (AATTSA) to protest against the incident went on as Nagaland-bound vehicles, including those carrying essentials through Mariani town in Assam to four districts of Nagaland-Mokokchung, Zonebhoto, Tuengsang and Phek districts, were left stranded.

The Assam-Nagaland border near the tea garden has witnessed disturbances since the last fortnight following abduction of five tea garden labourers by suspected members of a militant outfit of Nagaland and subsequent assault of the local Congress MLA Rupam Kurmi by CRPF personnel when he had gone to enquire about the incident.