Security arrangements tightened ahead of final NRC list: Assam DGP

The government on Thursday sought to ease fears in Assam as the deadline for the publication of the final National Register of Citizenship (NRC) approached, reiterating that those excluded will not automatically be declared foreigners and that people should not believe rumours

The administration in Assam also increased security and issued orders banning large assemblies and use of loudspeakers in some areas regarded vulnerable to violence, including parts of the state capital Guwahati.