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Top-level team to visit Assam over ISI violence

Alarmed at the rising trend of Inter-Services Intelligence-sponsored insurgency in the North-East, Union Home Secretary Kamal Pande would be visiting Guwahati tomorrow to have a first-hand assessment of the prevailing law and order situation in the region in general and Assam in particular.

According to official sources, Pande would be accompanied by senior officials of the central government including Border Security Force Director General D N Ram and Joint Secretary (in charge of the NE in the home ministry) G K Pillai.

The high-level team would have detailed discussions with Assam Governor, Lieutenant General (retired) S K Sinha, and Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta during the visit.

The home secretary would also preside over a special meeting of the strategy group comprising senior representatives of the state government, para-military forces and the army.

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