Assam MP asks Delhi to talk with Dhaka on terror networks

An MP from Assam has raised the issue of Islamist terror networks in Indian Parliament and asked New Delhi to take it up with the Bangladesh government.

Amid uproar over the black money issue, BJP MP fRamen Deka has appealed to the government to take strong action to control the situation.

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha at zero hours on Tuesday, Deka said the situation in Assam was “very dangerous.”

Referring to the Burdwan blasts and the subsequent arrest of extremists from several places of Assam, Deka said the fundamentalist and terror organisations were spreading their network in Assam.

“After Burdwan blasts we have seen that NIA has arrested so many people in Assam with grenade and bombs.

“Therefore, I would urge upon the central government that this matter should be taken seriously so that people feel secure and the integrity and security of the country is not endangered,” Deka said in Parliament.

Speaking to bdnews24.com, Deka also blamed the Assam government for such a situation.

He claimed that the Tarun Gogoi government in Assam failed to keep law and order.

“We have found the latest example of lawlessness in the state following the arrest of Islamic fundamentalists from lower Assam’s Barpeta district,” he said.

In fact, the country’s central intelligence agencies are believed to have also collected enough evidence of mushrooming terror activities in Assam.

The agencies have also earmarked some of the “vulnerable” areas.

Immediately after the Burdwan bomb blasts, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have arrested as many as six suspected Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists.

The MP from Assam has also appealed to the government to take the issue up with the government in Bangladesh.

“There should be a total stop to influx from across the border. The fundamentalists take the advantage of such situation and intrude into the country,” Deka said.