Police in NE may put up a united front
Source: The Sangai Express
Guwahati, June 30 2017:
The police forces of various States of the North East region may soon coalesce under an umbrella organisation to improve coordination and efficiency .
A suggestion in this regard was reportedly made by Assam's Director General of Police (DGP), Mukesh Sahay, at the 24th conference of Director Generals (DGs) and Inspector Generals (IGs) of police of the North East region held in Guwahati on Thursday.
It was attended by Satyendra Garg, a Joint Secretary (North East) in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) .
Sahay said if the militants can have an umbrella organisation, the police too can have it.
He said it would ensure better coordination among the police forces of the North East region.
All DGs and IGs reportedly endorsed the idea.
Also, the Joint Secretary (MHA) expressed no reservations, sources told the New Indian Express .
Currently, there are two umbrella organisations of the militants in the North East – both operating out of Myanmar.
The United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) is a united front of rebel groups such as the SS Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland or NSCN-K, United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
The other is Coordination Committee or CorCom, which comprises some insurgent groups of Manipur .
Also, there were demands for special counter-insurgency training for the police force.
Director General of Assam Rifles, Shokin Chauhan said the training could be imparted at the Assam Rifles Training Centre in Nagaland's Dimapur .
There were also suggestions that the India-Myanmar border be completely fenced to thwart the cross-border movement of militants.
However, Garg expressed his reservations on its practicality.
"Difficult terrains and common ethnicity on either side of the border," would make it difficult, he said .
Garg, however, promised to consider the DGs demand for modernisation of the police force.