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- The Myanmar military handed over a group of 22 northeast insurgents to the Indian government on Friday afternoon. (15-May).
- The insurgents, wanted in Manipur and Assam, have been brought back by a special plane.
- Among those deported by Myanmar are some senior and long-wanted Indian insurgent leaders such as NDFB (S) self-styled home secretary Rajen Daimary, Capt Sanatomba Ningthoujam of UNLF and Lt Pashuram Laishram of PREPAK (Pro).
Indo-Myanmar Border is treacherous…
- The treacherous terrain along India’s over 1,600-km border with Myanmar makes the area ideal for camps of insurgent groups that have been fighting the Indian state for decades.
Collaborated in 2019 as well… {Op. Sunrise}
- The armies of India and Myanmar carried out a three-week-long coordinated operation from May 16 (2019) in their respective border areas, targeting several militant groups operating in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam, defence sources said on Sunday.
- “Operation Sunrise 2”, the armies coordinated with each other to bust camps of militant outfits, including the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), the NSCN (Khaplang), the United Liberation Front of Assam (I) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB).
- At least six dozen militants belonging to these groups were nabbed
- The 22 insurgents were caught by the Myanmar army in Sagaing Region in these operations.
This is Special…
- “This is the first time that the Myanmar government has acted on India’s request to hand over leaders of the northeast insurgent groups,”
Great for Indo-Burma Relations
- This is seen as a result of increasing intelligence and defence cooperation between the two countries from both sides.
On a separate Note…
- “If Pakistan also acted against terrorists as these two countries do, then there would hardly be any terror group there too,” a senior national security official said.
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