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| Bangladesh deports 11 Indian insurgents |
| 2008-10-21 |
| Bangladesh deported eleven suspected Indian insurgents between June 12 and August 22 this year in an effort to end cross-border terrorism and crimes, an un-named top security official was quoted as saying by the state-run news agency, BSS, on Monday. The agency said this was the first time Bangladesh had revealed handing over alleged terrorists to India despite there being no extradition treaty. The revelation came after repeated accusations by Indian authorities and media that Bangladesh harbours Indian separatists, claims that Dhaka has consistently denied, the agency added. The latest deportation brings to 120 the number of Indian 'criminals and insurgents' arrested by Bangladesh since 2003 and sent back as part of Dhaka's move to 'build confidence' between the two countries, the agency said. The security official also said that 10 'alleged operatives' of India's outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura were killed in an encounter with the elite anti-crime troops as they were infiltrating into Bangladesh's territory. He did not give the exact date and place of the encounter. India has erected a barbed wire fence along more than half of the 4,000km border between the two countries and wants to fence the entire border, which Bangladesh opposes. |
| Posted by:Fred |