AAPSU assured of steps to improve law and order in Arunachal

The Union Home Ministry has assured Arunachal Pradesh to initiate all possible steps to improve the law and order situation in the insurgency-hit districts of Tirap, Changlang and Longding.
Union Home Ministry's Joint Secretary (Northeast) Sambhu Singh assured this to All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) President Kamta Lapung, when the latter called on him at New Delhi yesterday, a press release informed here today.
Lapung through a memorandum drew the central government's attention towards the sufferings of the indigenous people because of the ongoing turf wars between both the factions of the NSCN for area dominance.
The ceasefire agreement between the Centre and the NSCN has not been extended to Arunachal Pradesh.

Highlighting the genesis of the Naga problem that had spilt over to Arunachal with the insurgents resorting to crimes including extortion, torture of local people, kidnapping and murder, Lapung in the release wondered why New Delhi remains a silent spectator to the atrocities committed against Arunachalees by both NSCN(IM) and NSCN (K).
Lapung urged the Centre to stop lip service and take tangible steps to instill confidence in the minds of the people of the state to which Singh assured to streamline the law and order situation in the districts by deploying additional forces from April onwards, the release said.