Army Chief to visit Assam today to oversee progress of operations against NDFB

December 27, 2014 09:33

Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on Saturday departed for Assam to visit the violence-hit areas, a day after vowing to intensify operations against the NDFB militants.

A deadly attack on tribals by militants in Assam had left over 70 people dead earlier this week.

General Suhag is likely to chair a meeting of unified command at Rangiya in Assam after being briefed by the top brass of security agencies.

The Army chief met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and later said: "We are definitely going to intensify our operations in Assam.

The Home Minister, who returned to the national capital on Thursday evening after a two-day visit to Assam to take stock of the situation there arising out of the violence perpetrated by the Bodo militant group, discussed the situation in the state with Suhag.

"The meeting was to review the security situation in Assam," the Army Chief said.

Suhag said 66 Army columns (70 personnel in each column) have been deployed in Assam for counter insurgency operations.

The GoC of the 4 Corps, located in the worst-hit Sonitpur district, heads the Unified Command which conducts the counter insurgency operations in Assam.

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