SHILLONG, MAR 9: The Border Security Forces (BSF) submitted a list of over sixty “hide-out-camps” of the North East based militant outfits in Bangladesh to the Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) and requested them to dismantle it.
The BSF list was handed over during the three-day bi-annual Inspector General level meeting of border management and coordination held from March 6 – 9 at Meghalaya Frontier of the BSF the headquarters in Shillong.
Of the 60 the BSF submitted two camps belong to the Meghalaya’s Khasi rebel outfit – Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and the Garo outfit – A’chik National Volunteers’ Council –Breakaway (ANVC) operating from Bangladesh.
“We have submitted a list of sixty-six camps including hide-outs and transits within Bangladesh’s territory,” Sudhir Kumar Srivastava, IG, BSF Assam Frontier told reporters after the meeting on Sunday.
Srivastava said, “We have requested the Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) for cooperation in dismantling the camps of the NE insurgents in Bangladesh.”
Apart from HNLC and ANVC-B, the other camps belonged to the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) anti-talks faction in Assam, the PLA and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) of Manipur, NSCN (IM) of Nagaland besides those of the Tripura’s National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), the BSF official said.
According to Srivastava, the camps are located in the jungle in Bangladesh where there are no deployments of the BGB and these insurgents shifts camp frequently.
Brig Geneneral Habibul Karim, Region Commander North East Region, who led a 20 member delegation from Bangladesh, assured actions against those camps located all along the northern parts of Bangladesh bordering with India.
“The BGB said that their government’s policy assured that no land in Bangladesh territory will be allowed for use by any insurgent groups,” Srivastava said.He informed that on the issue of tackling insurgent problems, both sides have agreed to exchange inputs on time-line basis.
The inspectors general of Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Cachar frontiers of BSF attended the meeting along with an official representative from the Ministry of External Affairs.
The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere and discussed many issues like better border management, tackling smuggling of banned cough syrup Phensydyl and fake currency and reducing border crimes and dacoities, BSF official said.
“About rupees eight lakhs of fake currency Indian notes were seized by the BSF during the past one and a half year,” Srivastava said.
Stating that BGB has also claimed to have seized a lot FCIN along the international border, Srivastava informed that he has requested them to share the seizure statistic and those master mind behind circulating them on their part to ensure that economy of both sides are not affected.
BSF also requested an early solution to the disputes regarding erection of barbed wire fencing in some patches of the international border, especially the single row fencing along the international border, Srivastava informed.
Stating that smuggling of narcotics are on the rise along the international border, Srivastava informed about 5 lakhs bottles of phensydyl was seized in one seizure from Tripura while 70, 000 bottles of smuggled phensydyl were seized from Meghalaya.
In most cases, insurgents and criminal elements from Bangladesh take advantage of unfenced portion along the Indo-Bangladesh border to enter into Indian territory with malafied intention of creating subversive activities, he said.
Srivastava further stated that both have agreed that developmental activities are allowed within 150 yard from adverse possession. He also informed that Bangladesh government has also granted permission for carrying out single line fencing.
Implementation of border management plan and confident building measures were also discussed during the meeting besides intensifying joint patrolling, Srivastava added.
Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam share a 1,880-km border with neighbouring Bangladesh.- By Our Reporter
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