Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said Assam Rifles Academy at Diphu in Karbi Anglong in Assam has been identified for specialized training of the North East police in counter insurgency operations, reports Economic Times on September 20. He also added that National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been conducting training modules for North East police for investigations of terror-related cases. Rijiju was addressing the delegates at the 25th Conference of DGPs/IGPs and Heads of the Central Police Organisations (CPO)of Northeast region in Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. He said that security issues and policing in North Eastern States are a little unique and challenging because the whole region is bordered by other countries.