Tension erupted along the Nagaland-Assam border, near New Field check gate in Dimapur District of Nagaland on March 1, after hundreds of people from across the border congregated near the check gate and halted vehicles from crossing the area, in protest against Inner Line Permit (ILP), reports Nagaland Post. The incident started following rumours of arrest of some ILP defaulters. The Joint Committee for Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) had served an ultimatum on Chief Minister to issue notification on Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) based on Banuo commission’s report with 1963 as the cut-off year, physical implementation of Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR), 1873 based on Abhishek committee’s report on ILP, revocation of 1979 as cut-off year under BEFR, 1873 and establishment of Foreigners Tribunals under the Foreigners’ Act, 1946.