Security tightened along Assam-Nagaland border

Security was today tightened along the Assam-Nagaland border following the killing of a worker by assailants suspected to be from Nagaland at Naginijan tea garden in Jorhat district.
Additional troops have been deployed after the incident that took place yesterday.
An indefinite economic blockade was also launched in the area today by All Assam Tea Tribes Students Association to protest against the killing. The blockade left Nagaland-bound vehicles stranded on the highway.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, before leaving for New Delhi during the day, said the Nagaland government has been asked to immediately arrest the suspects in the killing and to hand them over to the Assam government.

He also announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of the labourer who died in the firing.
Meanwhile, an Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) delegation led by former minister Atul Bora visited the border near the tea garden to take stock of the prevailing situation.
Assam-Nagaland border has witnessed disturbances in the past fortnight following the abduction of five tea garden labourers by suspected members of a militant outfit of Nagaland and subsequent alleged assault of local Congress MLA Rupam Kurmi by CRPF personnel when he went to inquire about the incident.