New Delhi, Mar 3 (NNN-PTI) Insisting that no camps of Indian insurgents were present on its soil, Bangladesh today said it will not provide refuge to ultras fleeing from the North East and assured to take steps to check infiltration from its side.
It also agreed to allow developmental activities taking place within 150 yards of the border, tea plantations till the zero line barring certain stretches and offered cooperation in tackling cross-border smuggling of drugs and cattle.
The significant understandings came through after four days of discussions between the Director Generals of BSF and Bangladeshi Rifles here as part of the Indo-Bangladesh Border Coordination Conference.
"We are determined to do the utmost to see to it that miscreants from India do not get a breathing space in Bangladesh," BDR Director General Major Shakil Ahmed said at a joint media interaction with his BSF counterpart A K Mitra after conclusion of talks.
He said Dhaka had investigated on the lists, though "outdated" and "old", given by India from time to time about the presence of insurgent camps in the country and promised to take action against ultras taking refuge in Bangladesh.
"Any insurgent from India taking sanctuary in Bangladesh will be arrested and put through the law," he said noting that BDR has detained eight people who have entered the country from North-East in the last two months.
India had handed over a list of 176 camps of various insurgent groups like ULFA, National Liberation Front of Tripura, All Tripura Tiger Force, National Democratic Front of Bodoland and Kamtapur Liberation Organisation in Bangladesh.