Assam Police Ready for Post-NRC period

To tackle the untoward incidents that are likely to crop up in the post-publication phase of the NRC, the Assam government has divided the entire State into six zones to adopt district-wise strategies.

The strategies have been chalked out during meetings of six zones in the presence of officials of Home & Political department and the Assam Police.

An important meeting was held in Tezpur on Friday to discuss strategies for Sonitpur, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur & Udalguri. Additional Chief Secretary (Home & Political department) Kumar Sanjay Krishna, Additional DG (Law & Order) Mukesh Agarwal and IGP (SB) Hiren Chandra Nath attended the meeting.

The Nagaon zone meeting has been arranged on July 13 followed by Jorhat zone meeting on July 16, Silchar zone on July 18, Bongaigaon on July 21 and Guwahati zone on July 23.