Guwahati, Dec 04: Eight more army companies are moving to Assam's troubled hill district of Karbi Anglong to maintain peace in view of the recent ethnic clashes. The eight companies have already started started arriving and would be deployed as per necessity, District Deputy Commissioner Anurag Goel told a news agency over phone from headquarters Diphu. The Deputy Commissioner said that no untoward incident took place in the district. Meanwhile, the government has ordered the transfer of Kuddus as commandant of Assam Police Battallion in Dergaon and asked Barpeta Additional Superintendent of Police P C Sarma to take his place.

This has, however, nothing to do with the ongoing ethnic violence in the state and was a routine transfer, official sources said. Bureau Report