Lt General assures help in combating insurgency

Agartala, Oct 11 (UNI) Lt. General M S Dadwal, Officer-Commanding of 3 corps, has assured the Tripura government of every help in combating insurgency.

Lt. Gen. Dadwal, who took charge as GOC on September 20 from Lt.

Gen. Z U Sha, arrived here yesterday on a two-day visit to the state. On his first visit after taking over charge, he met Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahaya and Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and discussed issues relating to the state, including insurgency.

The Lt. General assured the chief minister that the Assam Rifles as well as the Army will continue to help the state combat militancy effectively and confirmed his firm resolve to bring normality in this insurgency-prone north eastern state.

Lt. Gen. Dadwal visited the two Assam Rifles camps situated in North and West districts--Kanchanpur and Khowai--respectively.

The GOC left today.

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