SHILLONG, Dec 23: The Bangladeshi Government’s recent action against ULFA rebels has made them move to safer havens in Myanmar, said BSF (Assam & Meghalaya Frontier) Inspector General Prithvi Raj.
“It’s definite that insurgent groups like the ULFA are under pressure in Bangladesh and Myanmar is one safe haven where they can take refuge. The rebels who are hesitant to give up arms have fled to Myanmar,” Raj told newsmen here today.
While appreciating the Bangladeshi armed forces’ crackdown on Indian insurgents, Raj said the presence of the ULFA in Myanmar was still very strong. Raj’s statement came after the confessional statement of surrendered Myanmar-trained ‘corporal’ of the ULFA Jatin Shaw alias Alput Thapa.
Jatin revealed that 100-odd ULFA men were taking shelter in NSCN(K) camps in Myanmar.
Asked on the Bangladeshi Government’s crackdown resulting in the handover of top ULFA leaders to Indian authorities, Raj said, “The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is acting on the information provided by us and I can tell you that Bangladesh is no longer a safe place for them (ULFA rebels).”
He expressed the hope that Bangladesh’s ‘sincere action’ based on intelligence inputs given by India would make more and more Northeast insurgents follow the path of ULFA leadership.
The BSF Inspector General also laid stress on the need of a reconciliatory approach to dealing with the decades-old insurgency problem in the region.
“Confrontation will affect the whole process. A shift to reconciliation would be a big boost to the progress of the region,” Raj added. According to Raj, 44 militants were arrested in the past one year by the BSF while another 10 surrendered in course of the counter-insurgency operations. THE SENTINEL
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