Govt claims security of NE folks taken up
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Information Bureau
New Delhi, March 03 2015 :
The Government has taken up various steps for safety and security of the citizens hailing from the North East region and residing in various parts of the country including metropolitan cities.
According to information received from the Delhi police, Gurgaon police, and Bengaluru police, details of cases registered, wherein victims were persons from North Eastern States of India for the year 2014 are as follows :
Advisories have been issued to all State Governments and Union Territories (UTs) requesting them to have a stringent mechanism to deal with the incidents of attacks on citizens from North Eastern States.
The State Governments and Union Territories are taking all necessary security measures to strictly follow the directions given in the advisories.
Besides, a committee was constituted in February 2014 under the chairmanship of MP Bezbaruah, member, North Eastern Council to look into the various kinds of concerns of the persons hailing from the North Eastern States who are living in different parts of the country and to suggest suitable remedial measures which could be taken up by the Government.
The recommendations made by the Committee have been accepted and are at various stages of implementation.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question by Jyotiraditya M Scindia and Ninong Ering in the Lok Sabha today.