| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
|---|---|---|
| পাকিস্তানের দুষ্কৃতকারীরা আসামে ধ্বংসাত্মক তৎপরতা চালাচ্ছে বলে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর কাছে মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর রিপোর্ট | দৈনিক ‘হিন্দুস্তান স্ট্যাণ্ডার্ড’ | ৩ সেপ্টেম্বর, ১৯৭১ |
C.M. TELLS MRS. GANDHI
Pak Saboteurs Inciting Violence In Assam
(From our special Representative) NEW DELHI, Sept. 2,—The Centre is said to be extremely concerned at reports that “thousands of Pakistan spics and sabotcurs” who had been earlier deported by the Assam Government have returned to the State in the garb of Bangladesh refugees.
Assam’s Chief Minister, Mr. Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, came to Delhi to acquaint the Prime Minister with the serious problem of insecurity Assam is facing at present. At the meeting with the Prime Minister, he reportedly informed Mrs. Gandhi that the saboteurs were inciting violent activities in Assam. Besides, they were trying to damage the communication system and other important installations.
Mr. Choudhury has reportedly asked the Prime Minister to strengthen immediately security measures along the State’s 1,300-km border with Last Bengal. It may be recalled that during one of his carlier visits, the Chief Minister had suggested reinforcement of the Central Reserve agents in several parts of Assam.
Answering a question from reporters Mr. Choudhury said today that the Assam Government had arrested as many as 50 such suspected Pakistani agents “in the last few weeks”. Last month there was an attempt to blow up a train in Cachar district.
Yesterday, Mr. Choudhury met the Defence Minister and reportedly told him that the resource of the State were not adequate for the situation. The Centre must take steps to prevent situation from deteriorating. He will meet the Prime Minister again tomorrow. The Chief Minister also discussed with the Mrs. Gandhi the draft Bill for formation of three new States in the eastern region-Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.
At another meeting with Mrs. Nandini Satpathy, Minister of State for information and Broadcasting, Mr. Choudhury and his colleague, Mr. Biswadev Sharma, pleaded that border publicity in Assam should be intensified and as a first step a radio station should be opened in Cachar, adjacent to Bangladesh. Rumours were being constantly set afloat by Pakistani agents and spies in that district spreading panic among people.
Mrs. Satpathy is reported to have said that a radio station would be opened in Cachar soon. The land for this purpose had been acquired and the equipment was being a awaited. But Mr. Choudhury said that construction of a building would take a long time. He, therefore, suggested that a radio centre be opened in a rented house without delay. Mrs. Satpathy is reported to have agreed to consider the proposal favorably.
