Guwahati: Twelve new police stations are coming up along the Indo-Bangla Border in Assam to enhance coordination with Central agencies to stop illegal infiltration into Assam. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said this on Thursday on his X handle.
"We have a zero-tolerance policy towards infiltration, particularly by Rohingyas. In the last two months, Assam has intercepted 130+ illegal immigrants. In all, 12 new police stations near the Indo-Bangla Border are in the pipeline to enhance coordination with Central agencies," said Sarma.
It may be recalled that Bangladesh and India share a 4,096 km long border out of which 262 km falls in Assam.
Recently, the Assam Chief Minister had termed the Rohingya infiltration into Assam as a serious threat and said that the Rohingya infiltration had posed a serious demographic threat to the state.
According to the statistics of the government of India, more than 78 per cent of the border between India and Bangladesh has already been completed.
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