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India, Bangladesh to Share `Real Time' Information on Militants
By Jay Shankar
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- India and Bangladesh agreed to share ``real time'' information on militants and insurgent groups and to ensure the quick handover of criminals found sheltering in each other's territory.
India sought Bangladesh's cooperation to trace members of insurgent groups allegedly based in Bangladesh when the home secretaries of the two countries met in Dhaka, the Indian and Bangladesh governments said in a statement. Bangladesh asked India to take ``preventive measures against anti-Bangladesh outfits based in India.''
Militant groups in northeast India, such as the United Liberation Front of Assam and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, are operating out of Bangladesh, the Indian government has said in the past. Anti-Indian insurgents use more than 140 camps in Bangladesh, according to the Border Security Force.
The countries on Aug. 25 exchanged lists of ``fugitive terrorists'' at the end of a four-day meeting of security forces in Dhaka. The Bangladesh Rifles supplied a list of 1,464 wanted criminals and India provided a list of 263 names, the Press Trust of India reported at the time.
India's frontier security force in December said terrorist groups based in Pakistan and Bangladesh were working together and crossing the Bangladeshi border to carry out attacks on Indian territory. India and Bangladesh share a 4,000-kilometer (2,480- mile) border.
The countries agreed to ensure peace along the border and convene a meeting at an early date to discuss all outstanding boundary-related issues, they said yesterday.
Bangladesh agreed to further examine the construction of a border fence within 150 yards of the international border, according to the statement.
The smuggling of arms, ammunitions, explosives and fake currency notes is a serious threat to the peace and security of both the countries, the statement said.
``The two sides agreed to find out elements engaged in such illegal activities and bring them to justice.''
The next meeting is slated to be held in New Delhi.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jay Shankar in Bangalore at jshankar1@bloomberg.net
Bloomberg.com: India & Pakistan
By Jay Shankar
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- India and Bangladesh agreed to share ``real time'' information on militants and insurgent groups and to ensure the quick handover of criminals found sheltering in each other's territory.
India sought Bangladesh's cooperation to trace members of insurgent groups allegedly based in Bangladesh when the home secretaries of the two countries met in Dhaka, the Indian and Bangladesh governments said in a statement. Bangladesh asked India to take ``preventive measures against anti-Bangladesh outfits based in India.''
Militant groups in northeast India, such as the United Liberation Front of Assam and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, are operating out of Bangladesh, the Indian government has said in the past. Anti-Indian insurgents use more than 140 camps in Bangladesh, according to the Border Security Force.
The countries on Aug. 25 exchanged lists of ``fugitive terrorists'' at the end of a four-day meeting of security forces in Dhaka. The Bangladesh Rifles supplied a list of 1,464 wanted criminals and India provided a list of 263 names, the Press Trust of India reported at the time.
India's frontier security force in December said terrorist groups based in Pakistan and Bangladesh were working together and crossing the Bangladeshi border to carry out attacks on Indian territory. India and Bangladesh share a 4,000-kilometer (2,480- mile) border.
The countries agreed to ensure peace along the border and convene a meeting at an early date to discuss all outstanding boundary-related issues, they said yesterday.
Bangladesh agreed to further examine the construction of a border fence within 150 yards of the international border, according to the statement.
The smuggling of arms, ammunitions, explosives and fake currency notes is a serious threat to the peace and security of both the countries, the statement said.
``The two sides agreed to find out elements engaged in such illegal activities and bring them to justice.''
The next meeting is slated to be held in New Delhi.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jay Shankar in Bangalore at jshankar1@bloomberg.net
Bloomberg.com: India & Pakistan
