Silchar/Aizawl, Feb 10 (TIWN) In fresh trouble along the Assam-Mizoram borders, at least 10 people were injured and around 20 houses were burnt down by 'unknown miscreants', forcing the authorities to deploy huge contingent of security forces in the area, officials said on Wednesday.

The violent incidents took place in Kachurthal in Assam's Hailakandi district adjoining Bairabi in Mizoram's Kolasib district on Tuesday.  The Deputy Commissioner of Hailakandi district, Megh Nidhi Dahal, said that to control the situation and to prevent fresh incedents, prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPc have been promulgated on Wednesday along the bordering areas, in addition to the deployment of a large contingent of security forces in the area.