New Delhi, June 02: Special Services Bureau (SSB), a
Central Security Agency, has been assigned the charge of
guarding the Indo-Bhutan border and ensuring that anti-
national elements like the banned Ulfa were not able to use
Bhutanese territory as a base or sanctuary, a home ministry
spokesman said today.
SSB, which was recently shifted from the Prime Minister's
office to the Home Ministry, would now be the 'border guarding
force" for the 661-km-long Indo-Bhutan border covering areas
of Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, he said.
"The home ministry is also examining a proposal to raise
additional forces of SSB to meet the increasing need for
guarding such borders," the spokesman said.
Recently, he said, there have been reports that anti-
national elements of north-east and North Bengal have
established training camps and were "mis-utilising" the
territory of Bhutan.
Bureau Report
