DGP identified areas of concern

DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that three districts -- Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Sibsagar -- were areas of concern and put on maximum alert while Goalpara and Dhubri districts were vulnerable. He said several youths had been picked up and police pickets posted in vulnerable districts.

The outfit observes 'Army Day' on the raising of its armed wing in 1979 under 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua who now heads the anti-talk faction.