New Delhi, Apr 23 : India has declared insurgency-hit Assam state a disturbed area to check militancy, junior Interior Minister V. Radhika Selvi said Tuesday.
She told Parliament that concerted and sustained counterinsurgency operations in Assam have been increased to flush out insurgent groups active in the state, including the outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam.
She said the entire state has been declared a disturbed area under federal legislation.
The minister said in a written statement that additional central paramilitary forces have been provided to the state government to assist the state police in counterinsurgency offensives.
“Deployment of security forces and army formations for conduct of counterinsurgency operations in the state has been done on the operational requirements of establishing a grid in various sectors,” she said.
UPI
