New Delhi, March 15 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy in Dergaon, Assam.
He said that ''the Academy will serve the cause of policing in the entire country".
The Home Minister said that it will be an apex police academy not only for Assam but for entire Northeast, similar to Kashi among pilgrimage sites, a Home Ministry statement said.
The first phase of the Lachit Barphukan Academy has been completed at a cost of Rs 167 crore, and a total of Rs 1050 crore will be spent on all three phases. The academy is equipped with several state-of-the-art facilities and will become the best police academy in the entire country.
Shah said that earlier, Assam's police had to go to other state...