Gangtok, Aug 28 (PTI) Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling today held a closed-door meeting with top police officials to review the security situation in the state.At the meeting lasting more than two hours at the police headquarters this afternoon, Chamling discussed the situation, official sources said.
The chief minister directed the officials to strenthen policing throughout against the backdrop of unsubstantiated reports of skirmishes at the Sino-India border, the sources said.
Chamling also discussed modernisation of the police and equipping them with sophisticated arms with the assistance of central funds, they said.
Earlier in the day, Chamling, in reply to a question by mediapersons, had laughed off reports of the skirmishes on Sino-India border at Nathu La.
