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1500 more paramilitary personnel to violence-hit Assam

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The fresh batch of paramilitary personnel were sent just a day after the Home Ministry dispatched 1,400 security personnel.

"We have sent 29 companies. 14 companies we have sent yesterday. 15 more companies were sent today," Union Home Secretary R K Singh told reporters here.

A company of paramilitary force comprises around 100 personnel.

"Apart from that, army units are also deployed there. A joint secretary (of the Home Ministry) is going there. I have been in touch with the DGP and Chief Secretary from day one. I have spoken to the leaders of the Bodos and Muslims also. I have told the state that anything more they require, will be given," he said.

 

Sources said Assam government officials informed the Home Ministry that the violence has spread to 400 villages located in 8,000 sq km areas in trouble-torn Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD).

  

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First Published: Jul 24 2012 | 7:36 PM IST

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