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dated April 16, 1958: Border incidents

India and Pakistan had agreed to hold a joint enquiry into the entire series of incidents on the eastern border since March 11, Mrs. Lakshmi N. Menon, Deputy Minister for External Affairs, informed the Lok Sabha on April 15. Mrs. Menon made a statement on behalf of the Prime Minister on the recent incidents in which the Pakistani forces repeatedly opened fire across the border of the Khasi-Janita hills in Assam. She said, “The latest position is that, despite the cease-fire agreement, Pakistani forces opened fire in Nathanpur area on April 9, and Pakistan villagers began violating Indian territory by starting fishing en masse in Indian waters on the “Surma River.”

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