Author: Vijaita Singh
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: December 27, 2005
Pakistan-backed Inter Services Intelligence
is training terrorists in their camps set up in Bangladesh. After facing international
condemnation over the involvement of their citizens, Pakistan has taken to
recruiting young and economically weak Bangladeshis as fodder for their terror
games.
Bangladesh has emerged as a transit point
for sending terrorists to Pakistan, where they are trained further in using
various weapons and making improvised explosive devices. This was reinforced
after the arrest of three Harkat-ul-Jehad militants by the Special Cell of
the Delhi Police. The three were held for carrying out the blast in the Special
Task Force office in Hyderabad on October 12.
The Harkat-ul-Jehad is a terrorist outfit
based in Bangladesh and is a counterpart of the banned militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad.
Pakistan has adopted a new technique of spreading terror in the country by
directly recruiting Bangladeshi residents after facing criticism from international
circles over its role in spreading terror," said a senior police officer.
Most of those indoctrinated are in their early
twenties and economically weak. Initial training is provided to them in Bangladesh,
after which they enter Baluchistan in Pakistan for advanced training through
the porous Indo- Nepal border. They are then sent to India to execute their
attacks, after which they subsequently return to Bangladesh.
There is a proliferation of such camps especially
in the Chittagong area of Bangladesh. "These camps are operating under
the direct supervision of Pakistani Army Generals and the training is being
provided to Indians also," added the officer.
Incidentally the Bangladeshi Government has
four members of the Harkat-ul-Jehad as ministers of various portfolios. The
three militants who have been arrested are Nafiq-Ul-Biswas, Hililaluddin and
Mohammad Ibrahim. Nafiq, a resident of Malda district in West Bengal used
to arrange the transportation. He also procured ammunition from Bihar.
"They received training for operating
sophisticated weapons like Insas rifle, AK-47, snipers and preparation of
IED's," the official further added. Mohammad Ibrahim was arrested in
Hyderabad in the first week of August. Delhi Police brought him to Delhi on
remand for interrogation 15 days back. He provided the details about the operations
of the camps in Bangladesh. During his training in Bangladesh he also met
Ghulam Yajdani, the prime accused in the Hiren Pandya murder case.
These Bangladeshis enter the country through
Rajshahi, 24 Parganas and Behrampore districts of West Bengal. These camps
are more dangerous as they are equipped with sophisticated and latest training
devices.
During interrogation they disclosed that they
were planning to attack the DIG Office, Hi-Tech city, markets, bus stands
in Hyderabad and also at the residence of Indra Sen, a former MLA from BJP.
