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REVEALED: BANGLA COVERT CAMPS 

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FROM CHANDAN NANDY Published 13.06.01, 12:00 AM
New Delhi, June 13 :    New Delhi, June 13:  India has routinely pointed out the existence in Bangladesh of camps run by Northeast insurgent outfits. And Bangladesh has routinely denied their existence, but promised to look into the matter. For the first time, The Telegraph has obtained the complete list of training camps which these insurgent outfits have been running from deep within Bangladesh territory. The United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) run the maximum number of camps in several districts in Bangladesh close to Assam. Separatist organisations from Tripura also have a large presence. The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), which about a year-and-a-half back had abducted four RSS workers from Tripura before taking them to Bangladesh, has 18 camps, mostly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Khagrachari and Moulvibazar districts of Bangladesh. Following are some of the NLFT camps: Harigopalpara (Kanungopara), 2 km north of Panchari police station in Khagrachari district in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Porabari, 6 km east of Taidung market, Khagrachari district Sudhilapara (Ranjan headman para), north-east of Taidung market Lolu Kalu: main camp situated between Zoupui, Jamtali and Thangnang under Khagrachari police station Ranger Regiment, in Taglokantai near Somai river and about 40 km from Simanapur Indo-Bangla border Khagrasuri, Kadamtola, Selchai, Lunting and Thangnag in the Sejak ranges Kalabagan area under Srimangal police station in Moulvibazar district; and House no. 160, Sugandha Housing Estate, Muradpur, Chittagong. The three main camps run by the All-Tripura Tiger Force are: Subhadhan headman camp, on the western bank of the Logang river under Panchari police station in Khagrachari district Moramachya Chora camp, in the dense forest at Golad- ham Kabari under Logang union under Panchari police station Jogesh Chandrapara and Khasia Mangal in Satchhari under Chunarughat police station in Habiganj district. There are some more camps in Bandarban and Rangamati districts. The camps of Ulfa, NDFB and the Achin National Volunteer Council, which operates in certain parts of Meghalaya, have been identified in the following areas of Bangladesh: Bishumerpur village under Tahirpur police station in Sunamganj district, Madhupur Reserve Forest in Tangail district, Tarimission in Sherpur district, Panihata in Sherpur district, Srimangal in Moulvibazar district, Mahastangarh in Rajshahi district, Maheshkhali in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, Mymensingh Krishi Farm in Mymensingh district, Haluaghat in Mymensingh district, Jamalpur (a recruiting camp) in Netrokona district, Adampur under Kamalganj police station in Moulvibazar, Bhanugach under Kamalganj police station in Moulvibazar, Chhota Dhamai under Barlekha police station in Moulvibazar, Amberkhana in Sylhet district, house of Nilu Babu Singh, Dewan Singh and Lalwani Singh at Chhota Dhamai under Borlekha police station in Moulvibazar. The Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, which, along with the Achin National Volunteer Council, was banned by the Meghalaya government as well as the Centre early this year, operates from camps located at Jaintiapur in Sylhet district. The outfit also has a transit camp at a place called Ramgarh in Tangail district. Assam ambush Nine Assam Rifles personnel and three Ulfa militants were today killed in separate incidents in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district. Violence rocked central Assam, too, with suspected NDFB militants killing one person and injuring 10 at the Rangapara daily market in Sonitpur district. The day's major incident was, however, the one at Namdang under Margherita police station. Suspected Ulfa militants ambushed a group of 10 jawans of the 28th Assam Rifles Battalion, stationed at Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh, just after the mini-truck carrying them crossed the inter-state border.    
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