India, Bhutan and Myanmar have joined hands to launch the biggest ever concerted offensive against the North East militants, holed up in the neighbouring two countries. With Myanmar deciding to emulate Bhutan in the next couple of weeks, the Indian Army is geared up to go all out to annihilate the fleeing militants, who were yet to commit themselves to a peace process. This was confirmed by the Indian Army sources at Tezpur, where last night saw a flurry of activities, including a crucial strategic meeting, chaired by Defence Minister George Fernandes and attended by the GOC-in-C of 4 Corps Lt General Mohinder Singh besides Assam DGP P V Sumant. As the Bhutan operation entered the tenth day today, the Indian Army is all set to expand their role from sealing the Indo-Bhutan border to concentrate on the Indo-Bangladesh boundary, where the fleeing militants were likely to move. Meanwhile, reports from New Delhi quoting the Myanmarese Foreign Minister U Win Aung said Myanmar had also decided to join hands to flush out the anti-Indian rebels. A number of militant camps are inside that country. The Army source, refusing to elaborate on the meeting at the 4 Corps, only said if the fleeing militants did not surrender, each of them would be pursued and annihilated by the force.
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