SECURITY BEEFED UP ALONG ASSAM-MIZORAM BORDER

Security forces have been deployed along the Assam-Mizoram border in Kachurthal area of Hailakandi district to prevent "intrusion”. Tension has been prevailing in the area ever since some members of Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), an apex student body, entered Assam and erected a working shed and a temporary checkpost, which were later dismantled by the state police personnel. The police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers will be stationed along the border till normalcy returns to the region. Hailakandi Deputy Commissioner Adil Khan said the district administration, with the help of adequate forces, has "ensured that not one inch of Assam's land is encroached upon”.