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Steps to ensure peace

The Kokrajhar district administration steps up measures to ensure safety and security to the people after the carnage of Adivasi peoples by NDFB (Songbijit). There is no report of any fresh incident during the last 12 hours.

Lower Assam Commissioner Shantanu Thakur visited Kokrajhar on Friday and met senior police and civil officials to review the situation. He said that 50 companies of security forces were deployed in the districts and that of them 18 companies have already reached Kokrajhar.

According to him, measures are on to restore peace and normalcy in Udalguri, Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.

 

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