DG Assam Rifles reviews Manipur situation

Imphal, Dec 12: Director General Assam Rifles(DGAR) Lt Gen Paramjit Singh today made an assesment of the security situation and development projects taken up for the troops stationed in Manipur.

The DG will continue to meet security personnel till tomorrow, the PRO of AR said. Maj Gen B K Chengapa IGAR(South) had briefed him on the security situation and developmental projects being undertaken by the paramilitary forces in this insurgency-affected state.

The DGAR will be visiting Chandel, Chassed, Joupi, Sajik Tarnpak, Noney. He will visit Samtal in Chandel district, where troops were struggling to free the area from militantancy.

There were about 20 Assam Rifles Battalions deployed in the state to fight militants.

UNI