GUWAHATI, Aug 18 – With improvement of relations between India and Bangladesh, the Government of the neighbouring country has started taking action against the militants using the territory of the country as safe haven and five militants belonging to the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) were arrested in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) area today. Security sources here said that they do not have any official intimation of the arrests as yet. However, sources pointed out that the possibility of such arrests cannot be ruled out as the NDFB has strong bases in Bangladesh even in the area from where the militants were reportedly arrested.
A report in Daily Star, a premier English daily of Bangladesh, today said that a joint team of the Army and police arrested five NDFB militants from Khagrachari area in CHT of Bangladesh. The arrested persons have been identified as Oadhish Narzary, aged 35, Pabitra Goyari (25), Dhiren Khakori (25), Jonathan Basumatary (35) and Pradeep (30), the report said.
The report of the newspaper said that the arrested persons have been charged with illegal entry into that country and during questioning they revealed before the police that they managed to sneak into Bangladesh through the international border in Tripura. The report further said that over the years, India was alleging that militants belonging to ULFA, NDFB and other groups were taking shelter in Bangladesh and today’s arrests came as a part of growing cooperation between the two countries. Recently, three Indian nationals, working as LeT operatives, were also arrested in Bangladesh, the report said.
Meanwhile, security sources said that according to information available, the anti-talk faction of the NDFB headed by Ranjan Daimary, have strong bases in Bangladesh. The outfit has at least a hundred cadres in their bases in Bangladesh. Though the exact number of camps of the outfit in Bangladesh is yet to be ascertained, it is believed that the outfit is running at least 10 bases in the neighbouring country and some of the bases are in the Khagrachari area from where the militants were reportedly arrested today.
Sources said that the DHD(J) group joined hands with the NDFB with the view to utilize the bases of the outfit in Bangladesh. Foreign secretary of the DHD(J), Frankie Dimasa, who was recently killed in an encounter in Guwahati, was instrumental in establishing the link with the NDFB, sources revealed.
Though the Government of Bangladesh is yet to launch a crackdown against the militants taking shelter in that country, “the comfort level of the militants has definitely come down forcing the leaders to keep changing their bases,” sources added. Sources said that NDFB anti talk faction leader Ranjan Daimary is believed to be still in Bangladesh, but according to information available, he has shifted his base from Dhaka to Sherpur area, where the ULFA and NDFB have their hideouts.
A report in Daily Star, a premier English daily of Bangladesh, today said that a joint team of the Army and police arrested five NDFB militants from Khagrachari area in CHT of Bangladesh. The arrested persons have been identified as Oadhish Narzary, aged 35, Pabitra Goyari (25), Dhiren Khakori (25), Jonathan Basumatary (35) and Pradeep (30), the report said.
The report of the newspaper said that the arrested persons have been charged with illegal entry into that country and during questioning they revealed before the police that they managed to sneak into Bangladesh through the international border in Tripura. The report further said that over the years, India was alleging that militants belonging to ULFA, NDFB and other groups were taking shelter in Bangladesh and today’s arrests came as a part of growing cooperation between the two countries. Recently, three Indian nationals, working as LeT operatives, were also arrested in Bangladesh, the report said.
Meanwhile, security sources said that according to information available, the anti-talk faction of the NDFB headed by Ranjan Daimary, have strong bases in Bangladesh. The outfit has at least a hundred cadres in their bases in Bangladesh. Though the exact number of camps of the outfit in Bangladesh is yet to be ascertained, it is believed that the outfit is running at least 10 bases in the neighbouring country and some of the bases are in the Khagrachari area from where the militants were reportedly arrested today.
Sources said that the DHD(J) group joined hands with the NDFB with the view to utilize the bases of the outfit in Bangladesh. Foreign secretary of the DHD(J), Frankie Dimasa, who was recently killed in an encounter in Guwahati, was instrumental in establishing the link with the NDFB, sources revealed.
Though the Government of Bangladesh is yet to launch a crackdown against the militants taking shelter in that country, “the comfort level of the militants has definitely come down forcing the leaders to keep changing their bases,” sources added. Sources said that NDFB anti talk faction leader Ranjan Daimary is believed to be still in Bangladesh, but according to information available, he has shifted his base from Dhaka to Sherpur area, where the ULFA and NDFB have their hideouts.
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