Curfew in border areas of Sibsagar

Night curfew has been imposed on the border areas of Sibsagar district in Assam, along Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, to prevent movements of militants and anti-social elements.

The areas under the Haluating, Geleki, Nazira, Simaluguri, Sonari and Sapekhaiti police stations will come under curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the next 60 days from Friday, official sources said.

These areas are used by extremists and anti-social elements as a corridor for their movements, the sources said.