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Arakan separatist groups face tough time

From Nurul Alam
CHITTAGONG. Aug 4: Some insurgent groups of Arakan state are facing a tough time in the jungle-packed no-man's land along the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, as they are failing to set up any permanent base or sanctuary with the tightening of border security, intelligence sources said
They said the activists of those Arakan separatist groups were moving from one place to
another inside the vast tracts of deep forests beyond the Bangladesh border as the Myanmar security force also stepped up patrolling inside Its border area.
The Myanmar border secu rity force. Nasaka. increased the border patrolling recently after Bangladesh border guard officials sent a protest not to them against the backdrop of fresh Influx of Rohingya refugees from Arakan state
On the other hand. Bangladesh border guards have been put on high alert along the border with Myanmar amid In creased patrolling to check the Infiltration both by insurgents and fresh Rohingya refugees, BDR sources said.
The Bangladesh border guards were also keeping a vigil inside the l»rder areas of dense forests so that the Arakanese Insurgents cannot enter to set up any sanctuary, the sources
added.
Last week, special operations were carried out into the deep forests inside Bangladesh border at Nalkkhongchhari by BDR patrol teams.
During the operation the pa trol teams dismantled few abandoned thatched houses detected In the forests, the sources added.
According to the Intelligence sources, sometimes the insur-gents, being chased by the Myanmar security force, try to enter the hilly forest areas In Bangladesh territory. But they are forced to go back in the face of patrolling by the border guards.
The insurgents groups include Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (ARIF) andiHarkatey Mujahidul Islam, according to reports received here.
BDR and intelligence sources said that these insurgent groups are now on the run in the deep forests near the border outposts of Myanmar at Kantalong, Palatoa and Laboa inside Arakan.
They said on some occasions these insurgents had encounters with Myanmar security forces inside Arakan.
The insurgents have been struggling for many years to establish an independent state in northwestern Arakan of Myanmar.