Indo-Bangladesh border threatens India's security
The reports point out that with easy
availability of arms, ammunition and explosives from China via Myanmar
and the unholy alliance of terrorists are set to wreak havoc in India
as evident from the recent blasts in North India, Tripura and Assam..
CJ:
Rupam Banerjee
, 12 Nov 2008
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THE ROLE of Bangladesh has attracted serious scrutiny over the recent
serial blasts in India. The Bangladesh Government’s repeated assurance
of taking strong actions against terrorist groups appears to be hollow
as a section of the Bangladeshi civil and military officials have been
working hand in hand with the agents of Pakistan’s Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan to help out the Islamic terrorists and
the militants from India’s North-eastern states and West Bengal.
Most of these leaders have been running businesses in and around
Dhaka and Chittagong with the money extorted from the Indian
businessmen and the so-called help from their ‘friends’ in Bangladesh
Government.
In fact, according to the
intelligence reports, these ISI agents and Bangladeshi officials have
now been coordinating between the Indian militants and Islamic
terrorists to carry out subversive activities in India.
The
reports point out that with easy availability of arms, ammunition and
explosives from China via Myanmar and the unholy alliance of terrorists
are set to create havoc in India as it is evident from the recent
blasts in North India, Tripura and Assam.
The
reports have also mentioned that the militants from Assam,. Tripura,
Manipur and West Bengal have already undergone a series of training
along with the members of the Islamic Jihadi Council (IJC) in the use
of different kind of explosives, including RDX and TNT under the
supervision of some ISI and Bangladeshi experts.
According
to the reports, the Islamic Jihadi Council is comprised of activists
from Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), Lashkar-e-Toiba (L-e-T),
Taliban, and Al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist groups, who are now
settled in different parts of Bangladesh.
The
reports also point out that under the supervision of the ISI and
Bangladeshi experts, the IJC members, most of whom are trained in
Pakistan and Afghanistan, have been working together with the members
of different militant groups from North-East India for carrying out
subversive activities in India.
Besides
utilising the militants from the North-eastern parts of India, it is
feared that the ISI and the IJC may even use the Maoists to carry out
serial blasts in different parts of the country. The United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA) had already arranged meetings between the ISI
agents and the Maoists, both in Bangladesh and Nepal.
Reports
from across the border said that at least 20 teams, comprising Indian
militants and Islamic terrorists, had been formed after extensive
training on use of different kinds of explosive to carry out
clandestine activities in different parts of India.
These
teams had reportedly established contacts with their linkmen in
Jalpaiguri, Siliguri, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North and South 24
Parganas and Kolkata in West Bengal. Each team is comprised of at least
seven members.
The
Intelligence agencies blamed the attitude of the Bangladesh Government
and poor management of Indo-Bangla border for the recent spurt in
serial blasts in different parts of India. The concerned officials also
stated that lack of cooperation from the Bangladesh authorities and
insufficient border security forces made it virtually impossible to
crack down these militant groups.
They
also pointed out that the recent handover of 17 ATTF militants by the
Bangladesh Rifles was merely an eyewash. The seventeen militants
actually belonged to a breakaway group, which wanted to surrender
before the authorities in Tripura. The Bangladesh Rifles intercepted
the seventeen militants and put them behind the bar. Later, they were
handed over to the BSF authorities.
However,
Bangladesh authorities are not leaving any stone unturned to play host
to the leaders of Indian militants like Anup Chetia, Paresh Barua and
Jiban Singh.
West
Bengal, Assam and Tripura have been demanding for a long time
deployment of more Border Security Force battalions for proper manning
of the Indo-Bangladesh border. But the Centre continued to turn a deaf
ear to their demands.
A
senior West Bengal official said that serial blasts were designed to
destroy the basic fabric of the country. He further added that it is
high time Centre paid more attention to the international border with
Bangladesh. He also warned that any further delay would just aggravate
the situation.
The
official also added that the concerned authorities have intensified
vigilance along the border and other vulnerable areas to prevent any
subversive activity by the unholy nexus of Islamic terrorists and
Indian militants.
