Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Bihar's Seemanchal region, is scheduled to chair a high-level meeting on the India-Nepal border issues in Purnea district on Friday.

The meeting will be attended by senior officials of the Bihar Police and the Ministry of Home Affairs, sources said. The home minister arrived in Bihar on Wednesday. In Araria, Shah had on Thursday called for a detailed plan of action for removing encroachments in areas close to the Nepal border in Bihar, underscoring the vulnerability of the region to infiltration.