SSB Launches Search Operations in Assam’s Chirang to Ensure Safe Diwali Celebrations

Chirang, October 25, 2019:

Based on intelligence input, Shashastra Seema Bal’s (SSB) 15th Battalion has launched a search operation in Assam’s Chirang district.

The exercise was performed in areas in and around the Manas National Park, along the Indo-Bhutan border.

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The search operation led by SSB Commander-in-chief, Durga Bahadur Sonar, was carried out in suspicion of looming security threat ahead of Diwali celebrations in the region.

Durga Bahadur Sonar said, “We have been searching the entire area under the Manas National Park. We have deployed the commanders to ensure safe Diwali celebrations. Since this area holds a record of the presence of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants in the past, the SSB has been keeping an eye to do away with threats.”

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The security forces have been carrying out search operations ahead of Diwali to nab militants in the jungles along the international border.

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