Governor urges traders to be vigilant

Governor Mathur also referred to citizens vigilance committees that were set up in Punjab and had eventually contributed in curbing militancy and terrorism in that state. The Punjab model of citizens committees will definitely work in Assam too, Mathur added.

He,however,expressed dissatisfaction over the non-functioning of citizens liaison groups that the police had set up at the district and police station level a few years back,and said he had asked the Assam Police to reactivate them.

Assam DGP G M Srivastava said all parking lots in major towns including Guwahati would be put under observation for any possible bomb attack. We are also thinking of retired policemen in every town to increase vigilance, he said.