Sunday, May 20, 2012

Security heightened in Mizoram

Security forces in Mizoram have stepped up vigil after an intelligence report indicated possible violence by the separatist outfit Hmar People's Convention-Democrats (HPC-D) in the northeastern state, police said here yesterday.
DIG of Police (northern range) Zorammawia told reporters, “Security forces led by superintendents of police have been conducting flag marches in various parts of the mountainous state, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh.”
Official sources said they had received inputs that HPC-D cadres could indulge in violence.
“We have asked all the police stations to remain vigilant over the prevailing situation, so that the tribal guerrillas do not create any violence or any kind of disturbances,” Zorammawia said.
The HPC-D is a militant outfit operating mainly in Mizoram and neighbouring Manipur.