‘Bangladesh hub of NE ultras’

CORRESPONDENT AGARTALA, Jan 7 – Giving a strong message to Dhaka, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Monday said insurgent groups have been using Bangladesh as a safe haven to carry out militant activities in the North East.“We have been giving definite information about the existence of terror infrastructure in Bangladesh, details of cross border movement of these groups and their training with the ISI”, Sarkar said while delivering a speech in the CMs conference in Delhi today.He said that the time has come to put pressure on Bangladesh to dismantle terror infrastructure in its soil. “It is also necessary to seal and guard the Indo-Bangla border keeping in mind the terrorist hideouts there”, he said.“Sealing of border effectively is of prime importance to prevent cross border movement of insurgents. Arrangements like flood lighting, speedy completion of barbed wire fencing and strengthening of BSF along the border should be accorded highest priority”, he said.“It is experienced that in few areas, the fencing could not be taken up due to trouble created by some groups having vested interests”, he pointed out. “People should rise above their narrow interests and assist in expediting the ongoing work of barbed wire fencing as it will greatly help in reducing the incidence of cross border movements”, he said. Expressing concern over the plight of border roads, Sarkar said the present condition of border roads along the Indo-Bangla border is a major impediment to the effective and timely mobilization of forces, when required. He further urged the Union Government to depute an agency to look after the existing border roads with sufficient resources.“We should recognize that at least some of terrorists are a result of economic deprivation and lack of proper economic development in certain regions of the country”, he said.The Chief Minister also underlined the need to ensure dissemination of intelligence inputs to avoid terror strike. “The Centre will have to extend help so that the State Governments could form effective intelligence wings”, he said.He also stressed on police modernization. “Though the police modernization effort is being supported by the Centre, it is not enough given the present day situation. It needs to be given proper emphasis and special priority”, he said. He further advocated for offering modern training to the State police personnel to counter any eventuality in case of terror attack. source: assam tribune