Fresh clashes erupted between protestors from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in Dhemaji district amid the ongoing call for an economic blockade of Itanagar.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called for peace after reports of clashes along the border with Arunachal Pradesh emerged on Thursday.

Fresh clashes erupted between protestors from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in Dhemaji district, reported news agency PTI.

The escalation prompted Arunachal police to fire into the air to control the mob as the protest over an indefinite economic blockade against the Himalayan state entered its second day.

The Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK), the apex student organisation of Assam's Mising community, and other local groups on Wednesday launched an indefinite economic blockade against Arunachal against the alleged firing in which 12 indigenous people from Assam were injured.

"When the blockade was going on, some people from Arunachal Pradesh indulged in stone pelting on protesters from Assam, and some persons sustained minor injuries. This led to a scuffle between the two sides," an official told news agency PTI.

Addressing the clashes, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged for peace.

"I appeal to the people of Assam and Arunachal to maintain peace and harmony. Boundaries may define our States, but they can never divide our hearts," he wrote on X.