Author: Ajay Kaul (PTI)
Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: February 15, 2004
URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_573151,00050002.htm?headline=India~acts~on~Dhaka~claim,~looks~for~'anti-Bangla~camps'~»
Displaying its seriousness to act
on Dhaka's perception that 39 anti- Bangladesh camps existed in India,
the Government has launched an exercise to verify the claims.
The Government has entrusted the
intelligence agencies and other services the task of getting the claims
verified through their sources and on-the-spot visits, official sources
told PTI.
A note was circulated to these agencies
recently in this regard asking them to report whether any such camps existed
anywhere in the states identified so that appropriate action could be taken,
they said.
Bangladesh had raised the issue
during the bi-annual Director General-level meeting of BSF and Bangladesh
Rifles in New Delhi last month.
The Bangladeshi side had handed
over the list of 39 camps which it believed were operating in West Bengal,
Tripura and some other North Eastern states.
Security sources said the task was
very difficult as the BDR list did not contain "specific locations" of
such camps but only cited in a "vague and general manner" certain areas
where they believe these exist.
"In the absence of information about
specific locations, we have to virtually comb large areas, which is a cumbersome
job. But to satisfy Bangladesh, we will carry out the work," they said.
