GUWAHATI, July 9 ? The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) have started relocating their training camps fearing a joint military operation in the southern part of Bhutan. Highly-placed official sources today disclosed that the leadership of the militant outfits have stepped up vigilance in the southern part of the Himalayan Kingdom to avoid causality during operations.
?According to reports, the militant groups have jointly set up monitoring cell in Samdrup Jongkhar to keep a watch on the movement of security personnel along the border,? the sources added. They further revealed that the self-styled Deputy Commander-in-Chief Raju Baruah is now monitoring the arrangements of the underground group. ?The security of the main camps have been geared up by deploying more cadres,? the sources added. There are as many as 25 camps of both the ULFA and the NDFB in the southern part of the country and these are scattered over Samdrup Jongkhar, Koipam and Kaloikhola. During last year, the Bhutan king had asked the ULFA and the NDFB leadership to vacate their camps, but the NDFB refused to abide by the instructions.
Giving more information about possibility of Army operations, they informed that the security forces had already gathered information about the strategic points of the militant outfits. They (militant groups) have also geared up the forward line located at Samdrup Jongkhar, they added. It is learnt that the leadership of the ULFA and the NDFB have sent letters to the Bhutan king to refrain from launching any joint military operation. The sources said that the militants had already encouraged the Nepali community to launch war against the King.