(a) whether the terrorist outfits are still using Bangladeshi soil to spread violence in
India;
(b) whether underground hideouts of maoists are located in the areas adjacent to
Bangladesh
(c) if so the details thereof; and
(d) the security measures taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) to (c) :The Government have no intelligence input to indicate the presence of
hideouts of Maoists in the area adjacent to Bangladesh and the use of Bangladeshi soil
to spread violence in India.
(d) :The issue of Indian Insurgent Groups in Bangladesh are regularly being taken up by
the Government of India with the Government of Bangladesh at various bilateral forums
like Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary level talks, Joint Working Group Meetings, DG
level Border Coordination Conference between BSF and BGB. Also, Flag Meetings at
different levels are being held on the border to tackle emergent situation and
trans-border crimes. The two border guarding Forces
have agreed to a Joint Border
Management Plan having focus on simultaneously coordinated patrolling and appointment of
nodal officers. Apart from these, both countries have signed three important agreements
during the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister to India on January, 2010, viz., Agreement
on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal matters, Agreement on Combating International
Terrorism, Organized crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking and Agreement on Transfer of
Sentenced persons, which would further enhance security cooperation between the two
countries. During the visit of the Union Home Minister to Bangladesh on January, 2013,
the Extradition Treaty was also signed between the two countries