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Bihali being monitored

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A high level meeting of security forces in Tezpur on Friday monitored the prevailing situation in Bihali three days after the gory shoot out in Chauldhua jungle.

 Top ranked civil and security officials discussed in detail in the escalating tension along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border where surface communication remains paralyzed following the indefinite economic blockade against the nighbouring state.

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