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Publication: The Free Press Journal
Date: April 9, 2003
Despite Bangladesh's assertions
that it would not allow its soil to be used for anti-India activities,
BSF "strongly believes" ISI activity in that country is .on the rise and
cites intelligence reports suggesting the presence of al Qaeda there, reports
PTI.
BSF also disagrees with Dhaka's
argument that no terrorist training camps exist in Bangladesh and have
furnished a list of 99 such locations to the neighbouring country based
on accounts, given by arrested terrorists.
"ISI activities and influence in
Bangladesh are. on the rise. Intelligence agencies have also repotted having
noted presence of Al Qaeda operatives there," BSF Director General Ajai
Raj Sharma said. "We have to believe Intelligence reports and we cannot
ignore these,' he said. He, however, stated that BSF-had no first-hand
knowledge about the al Qaeda presence.
