Security forces to be reinforced in insurgency-hit Assam: Jaiswal

Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that security forces would be reinforced in Assam following the killings of migrant labourers in Karbi Anglong District last week.

New Delhi/Dispur/Guwahati, Aug 18 : Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal has said that security forces would be reinforced in Assam following the killings of migrant labourers in Karbi Anglong District last week.

Expressing concern over only six police posts in the entire district, Jaiswal said elaborate security arrangements would be made.

"The district should be divided for better police administration. If possible, the district be divided into three divisions. The second recommendation was that clusters with 100 to 200 families should be made. Those clusters should be protected by police posts during any such attacks," he said.

The State administration on its part, said, it had braced up to take control of the deteriorating situation.

"Some of the forces have been returned back. We are asking for more forces so that we can deal with the situation. We want to involve the people to improve the intelligence. We have created a battalion of jungle warfare," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said in Dispur.

A delegation comprising Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) visited the remote Dolmora, Rangbang and Samjuri areas, which recently witnessed a spate of killings.

"We realised that there was no confrontation among different groups," Kalraj Mishra, leader of the delegation said in Guwahati.

Over the last weekend, the militants have killed 29 Hindi-speaking people.

Since January, at least 70 Hindi-speaking workers have been killed in Assam, notably in areas like Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Dimow Districts.

Around 75,000 paramilitary forces have been deployed in the State to counter the rebels.

ANI