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20 new ultra camps have come up in Bangladesh: Reports
New Delhi, Dec 26: Over 20 new camps of anti-India insurgents have come up recently in Bangladesh, especially in the Chittagong district, even as Bhutan Army operations continued against the ultras for the 12th day today.
New Delhi, Dec 26: Over 20 new camps of anti-India insurgents have come up recently in Bangladesh, especially in the Chittagong district, even as Bhutan Army operations continued against the ultras for the 12th day today.
The issue of Bangladesh's support for these insurgents is likely to come up when Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets his Bangladesh counterpart Begum Khaleda Zia during his visit to Islamabad for the Saarc Summit early next year, informed sources said.
Over 20 new camps of Ulfa and NDFB have come up in the recent past near the International Border in Bangladesh's Sylhet, Habibganj and Sherpur areas. In Chittagong hill-tracts, the camps have emerged in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachar areas, the sources quoted intelligence reports as saying.
While Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan has denied the existence of these camps, the Indian agencies have irrefutable evidence in this regard, the sources said.
The reports also spoke of a "deep nexus" between top officials of Bangladesh's field intelligence unit and northeastern insurgent outfits.
Quoting interrogation transcripts of surrendered Ulfa insurgents, they said Ulfa chief, Paresh Baruah, and another top leader Raju Baruah, who are still in that country, were contacted by the second-rung leaders in the Bhutan camps as early as on the second day of the army raids.
The second-rung leaders, who surrendered, told the Ulfa top brass that most of the cadres wanted to surrender as there was a lot of pressure mounted by the Royal Bhutan Army offensive. But Paresh Baruah asked them to fight it out.
Bureau Report
Over 20 new camps of Ulfa and NDFB have come up in the recent past near the International Border in Bangladesh's Sylhet, Habibganj and Sherpur areas. In Chittagong hill-tracts, the camps have emerged in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachar areas, the sources quoted intelligence reports as saying.
While Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan has denied the existence of these camps, the Indian agencies have irrefutable evidence in this regard, the sources said.
The reports also spoke of a "deep nexus" between top officials of Bangladesh's field intelligence unit and northeastern insurgent outfits.
Quoting interrogation transcripts of surrendered Ulfa insurgents, they said Ulfa chief, Paresh Baruah, and another top leader Raju Baruah, who are still in that country, were contacted by the second-rung leaders in the Bhutan camps as early as on the second day of the army raids.
The second-rung leaders, who surrendered, told the Ulfa top brass that most of the cadres wanted to surrender as there was a lot of pressure mounted by the Royal Bhutan Army offensive. But Paresh Baruah asked them to fight it out.
Bureau Report