GUWAHATI, July 1 ? The police forces of Assam and West Bengal have decided to improve coordination to check the activities of the militants belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). Talking to The Assam Tribune, the Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Sri Sibabrata Kakati said that he recently had a meeting with his West Bengal counterpart and decided to have frequent interaction and sharing of intelligence. He said that regular meetings will also be held in the DIG and Superintendent of Police level.
Sri Kakati said that the police forces of both the States would go for joint operations, if necessary. He pointed out that with better coordination, West Bengal police would be able to check the activities of the KLO, while the movement of the ULFA militants from Bhutan to Bangladesh through the North Bengal corridor would be restricted to a great extent.
Meanwhile, security sources in North Bengal told this correspondent that the ULFA militants also use the area as shelter and they also come to the area for treatment. Sources pointed out that the militants belonging to the ULFA also indulged in operations in the North-Bengal area along with the KLO. Sources further said that the militants belonging to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) also have some bases in the North Bengal area. But after a bank dacoity in Hasimara a few years back. The outfit has not indulged in any major act of violence in the area.
Security sources revealed that according to intelligence inputs at least 80 boys, mostly belonging to the KLO and a few new recruits of the ULFA recently completed a three-months training in a camp at Piping in Bhutan and there is apprehension that they would come down to start their activities. Sources further revealed that the militants have also been trying to gather camp items in view of the rainy season and there is apprehension that they would try to buy goods for the camps in Bhutan from the markets in North Bengal. Under the circumstances, better coordination between the police forces of Assam and West Bengal would definitely affect the camps of the militants in Bhutan, sources added.