Author: Staff Reporter
Publication: Sentinel
Date: Aug 18, 2006
A documentary by Mayank Jain on ISI and Madrasa
design and infiltration from Bangladesh showed the gravity of the situation
prevailing in Asom, Tripura and West Bengal because of influx from the neighbouring
country. The documentary - based on reports of the Task Force for Border Management,
Centre for Policy Studies, Chennai and former Asom Governor Lt Gen (retd)
SK Sinha's sensational report to the President of India - highlighted the
threat to security, demography and integrity of Asom, West Bengal and Tripura
due to infiltration from Bangladesh. The documentary also included reports
of former Intelligence Bureau chief TV Rajeswar and writings of journalist
and BJP leader Arun Shourie.
According to the documentary, demographic
invasion of Asom by Bangladeshis is at an advanced state. "Bangladeshis
are the deciding factors in as many as 41 of the 126 LACs in Asom," the
documentary said, and added: "A conspiracy has been hatched by the ISI
and fundamentalists of Bangladesh to carve out an Islamic country comprising
Asom, Tripura and parts of Bihar and West Bengal." It said that Bangladeshi
fundamentalists had direct link with the al Qaeda which was providing them
arms and arms training. "About 20,000 youths from the North-east India
and 3,000 youths from Bangladesh were given arms training on jehadi movement.
The trained youths have suicide squads also," the documentary added.
According to the documentary, Siliguri corridor
is the most preferred entry points for Bangladeshi infiltrators since they
can hide in Nepal, which is 24 km from there, in the event of strict vigil
by the BSF. The unfenced Bangladesh-Asom border and the number of Muslim-dominated
districts in Asom have also been shown on the screen.
According to statistics on Bangladeshi infiltrators
given in the documentary, West Bengal has the highest number of Bangladeshis
(79 lakhs), followed by Asom (50 lakhs), Bihar (4.7 lakhs) and Tripura (3.75
lakhs). The documentary further said that Bangladeshis were the deciding factors
in 32 per cent (41 LACs) of the 126 LACs in Asom.
Besides live interviews of personalities like
All Assam Students' Union (AASU) advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya, journalist
Dhirendranath Chakravarty and other regional and national leaders, the documentary
also included live confessional statements of Bangladeshi infiltrators on
matters like where they came from and how.
The documentary suggested total sealing of
the border along Bangladesh, minimising the distance between border outposts,
intensifying the process of detection and deportation of Bangladeshis etc,
so as to get rid of the menace.
