High level Delhi team reviews Assam serial blasts

GUWAHATI: In the wake of the serial blasts, a high level team from Delhi reviewed the law and order situation in Assam.

The team comprising Cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar, home secretary Madhukar Gupta and defence secretary Vijay Singh, on Wednesday reviewed the Assam security scene in the run up to polls.

On Tuesday, the team had reviewed the situation in Nagaland and held discussions with state government officials there.

Sources in the Assam government said the state has sought more central para military forces. The state presently has around 145 companies of Central forces for counter-insurgency operations.