Assam Rifles top gun to visit Mizoram

Aizawl, Apr 26 : Newly inducted Director General of Assam Rifles Lt Gen K S Yadav is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow for a three-day visit.

Assam Rifles' sources said the Director General, who was on his maiden visit to the Northeast, would review security situation in the state and chalk out new strategies for border security with the officials of Mizoram range of Assam Rifles.

Mr Yadav is also expected to call on the state top officials, including Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and Governor Lt Gen(rtd) M M Lakhera during his stay.

Mr Yadav had an impression of Mizoram as a model of peace and development for other states, AR sources added.

''Assam Rifles, Mizoram is indispensable to the history of the state. The paramilitary force has been serving as 'friends of the hill people' for the last 175 years,'' the director general said.