By IANS,
Aizawl: Two battalions of the Mizoram Armed Police (MAP) are being deployed in Assam to help in the fight against terrorism, an official here said.
“Following the direction of the union home ministry, two battalions of the Mizoram Armed Police (India Reserve Battalions) would be deployed in Udalguri and Darrang districts in eastern Assam adjoining Bhutan,” said an official of the state home department.
“The first batch has already been sent to Assam and the deployment would be completed by this week,” the official told IANS.
The state police forces raise the India Reserve Battalions with full financing from the home ministry and they can be deployed anywhere in the country.
After 25 years of terrorism (1961-1986), the mountainous northeastern state of Mizoram, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, is more or less peaceful while Assam has been facing the insurgency problem for the past many years, with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) being the key separatist outfit.