A mob attacked the Runikhata Forest Range office in Chirang district (a district in Assam, northeastern India, bordering the kingdom of Bhutan) on Friday, vandalising the building and residential quarters, setting fire to several government vehicles, and seizing weapons from the premises. The attack was triggered by the detention of local residents accused of encroaching on protected forest land. The incident has heightened tensions in the sensitive border region near Bhutan.