"Will Turn Into Best In India": Amit Shah Inaugurates Police Academy In Assam | Read

Amit Shah Assam Visit | Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated the new premises of Lachit Barphukan Police Academy in Assam's Dergaon. Spread over 340 acres, the police academy is being refurbished at an estimated cost of Rs 1,024 crore in two phases. The first phase worth Rs 167.4 crore includes a five-storey building housing smart classrooms, weapon stimulator, research labs and administrative offices, among other facilities, besides a museum and a modern parade ground. "Lachit Barphukan was a great warrior who defeated the Mughals and drove them back to Delhi. Today, in his name, the Assam police academy was inaugurated at Dergaon with all modern technologies," Mr Shah said. "I was 7 years old when I got to know about Lachit Barphukan for the first time in my school, but till my graduation we never read anywhere about the great General. He was kept confined to Assam. But now in 23 languages his life story is printed and taught in the country, people are knowing about this great General," Mr Shah said.