India, Dec. 23 -- Assam is on "high alert" in the wake of the fresh wave of unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. Sarma, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme, said the state government was closely monitoring the developments in Bangladesh.

'We have seen that in Bangladesh, Hindus are being subjected to atrocities and burnt alive... Those who are currently in power in Bangladesh have been talking about including northeast India in their country," the CM claimed.

It is also well known that people from Bangladesh entered Assam at different times and the state is "full of these people," he asserted.

"We have to be vigilant and must keep a sharp eye on the developments in that...