BDR yet to get going on list of rebel camps

Talking to The Indian Express on Wednesday, Srivastava said there had been no

response from the BDR on the list handed over to them. He revealed that the Bangladesh Rifles higher-ups had promised to verify the list of militant camps provided to them by their Indian counterpart. ‘‘Beyond that I don’t know whether the BDR has acted on the list,’’ he said. Srivastava said the list had also been forwarded to Union Home Ministry.

He said the ball was now in the Centre’s court to move against the presence of militant camps in Bangladesh. External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh had yesterday brought up the subject with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan.

The presence of camps of NE-based militant outfits inside Bangladesh has been a serious concern to the north-eastern states and to security forces involved in counter- insurgency operations in the region. A few militants have also taken refuge in neighbouring Myanmar.