SHILLONG, AUG 4: Meghalaya government is keeping a close watch following reports of jihadi activities in neighbouring Assam.

“We will be keeping a watch and the police will ensure that all the network intelligence at the grassroot is maintained,” Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma told reporters on Thursday.

He added, “The normal procedure to insure that the anti infiltration or any kind of concerns of people coming in whenever movement is taking place, most of the local thanas and inputs are given at the local level.”

Sangma further stated that the state government also receives inputs and that they will keep a watch.

Asked if vigilance would also be maintained along the interstate and international borders, Sangma said, “We will assess the situation and whenever necessary we will take action.”

Assam has become a hotbed of “jihadi activities” with five modules having links with Bangladesh-based terror outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) found in five months, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday.

Six Bangladeshi nationals belonging to Ansarul Islam had entered Assam to indoctrinate youths, and one of them was arrested when the first module was busted at Barpeta in March this year, Biswa Sarma said at a press conference in Guwahati.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that unless these five persons are nabbed, the state police will be on a constant manhunt. Some 29 ABT leaders/cadres have been arrested so far in the state.