Assam sounds high alert along Nagaland border

NEW DELHI, 28 July 2021, (TON): Amid the stand-off with Mizoram in Cachar on Monday that cost five cops their lives, Assam on Tuesday beefed up security along another potential border flashpoint, its long-disputed boundary with Nagaland in Jorhat district.

A senior police officer in Jorhat said that security forces have been put on high alert at all vulnerable points along the inter-state boundary to pre-empt any untoward incident.”

He said that we have received strict instructions to ensure law and order in the disputed areas. Besides anti-social elements, members of some rebel groups are active along the border.

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