BSF to press BDR to hand over ULFA leaders to India

Shillong, Aug 27 (UNI) ''Handing over of ULFA General Secretary Anup Chetia and other militant outfit leaders of North East, based in Bangladesh,'' will figure in the three-day the BSF- BDR conclave here.

An annual border co-ordination committee meeting between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) would be held at the BSF's frontier headquarters from August 28 to 31.

The main purpose of the meeting is to maintain peace, tranquility and better understanding between the two countries, especially in the border areas.

IG BSF in-charge Tripura, Cachar and Mizoram frontier S K Dutta would be heading the Indian delegation, associated by IG BSF in-charge Asom, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland J P Sinha.

The BDR delegation would be headed by its Deputy Director General Brigadier General S M Golam Rabbani.

The frontier guards would be reviewed on the cross-border terrorism and infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals to Indian territory.

''We will request the BDR's on the handing over of ULFA leader Anup Chetia and other insurgent leaders to us,'' Mr Sinha told UNI here today.

Mr Sinha said the BSF would also hand over a list of 172 Indian insurgent camps in Bangladesh and ask for their dismantling.

The BSF would also deliberate about recent skirmishes at Zakiganj in Asom' Cachar-Karimganj sector.

''Under no circumstances, we will allow anyone to encroach inside our territory,'' he asserted.

The IG added the BSF would request them the (BDR) to strengthen their vigil, along their international border, to thwart cross-border crimes.

Mr Sinha said the meeting would also discuss issues like border fencing along the zero line, which was strongly objected by Dhaka, citing that New Delhi violated the Indira-Mujib pact.

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