Insurgents in NE using arms smuggled from China: Govt to RS
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Assam Rifles pin hopes on Myanmar elections
January 5, 2010: Shillong, The upcoming general election in Myanmar, the first in two decades, has made the Assam Rifles optimistic that the new government there will mount pressure on Northeast insurgents hiding in that country.
Sources: Press Trust of India
"We share a deep understanding with the Myanmar army. I am sure whichever
government comes to power, the understanding will continue," Assam Rifles
Director-General Lt Gen K S Yadava told reporters here.
Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force of India, is responsible for guarding
the Indo-Myanmar border besides holding counter-insurgency operations in the
Northeast.
Many Northeast insurgent groups still have their camps and training centres
across the 1,631 km-long border that runs along the frontier states of
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
Smuggling of arms and ammunition across the border is also rampant.