Villagers staged a protest in an attempt to resist the arrest of ten persons in Selam of Champhai district in Mizoram today prompting the police to fire teargas shells at them in order to disperse them.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Northern Range) Zorammuana told PTI that 100 armed policemen were sent to the Selam village along Mizoram-Manipur border to nab suspected arsonists who had allegedly set aflame a truck belonging to the state Environment and Forests department on Friday.
As the ten were being taken away by the police, a group of villagers including women and children, blocked the road prompting the cops to fire teargas shells, Zorammuana said.
"When the blockade was cleared and the police were leaving the spot, they came across another blockade as the villagers cut down a number of trees on the road," he said.
No injury or casualty was reported, the officer said.
Villagers of Selam had torched the Environment and Forest department's mini truck on Friday after a scuffle between them and the officials.
