High-level meet to curb militant activities held in Tezpur

Chief Secretaries of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh along with other senior officials from police and Army today participated in a high-level security meeting of the Unified Command in Tezpur to curb militant activities in the region.
"With a renewed resolve to curb the militant activities of various insurgent groups, the Unified HQ met at Tezpur, in a shift from the regular venue of Guwahati," the Army said in a statement here.
Discussions were held over law and order scenario of the state, particularly in Sonitpur district as it has become a hot bed of the banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland and some other insurgent groups, it said.

The strategic group meeting was chaired by Assam Chief Secretary Jitesh Khosla, while the operational group meeting was chaired by Lt Gen A K Ahuja.
Assam DGP Khagen Sarma and other senior officials from the state government, Army and Para-military Forces also participated in the discussion.
Later, a similar meeting was held at Diphu in Karbi Anglong district in which the state Chief Secretary, the DGP, Home Secretary and senior Army officials participated, the statement said.
In the meeting a discussion was held over the law and order scenario in the district in the wake of killing of Hamren police district SP Nityananda Goswami.