The outlawed NDFB is trying to re-establish its base in Bhutan with the help of Bhupali Maoist, an insurgent group of Nepali migrants in Bhutan.
Informing that the nexus was posing a serious threat to the security and safety of the people living in the Gelegphu border gate area, security sources said that Bhutan has also expressed its worry over the rising cross-border crime inside its territory, bordering Kokrajhar and Chirang districts of Assam.
The last incident of kidnapping took place on July 21 when a Class 9 student from the Bhutanese border town of Sarpang was abducted. Though, he was released after paying the extortion to the NDFB rebels.
Meanwhile, Bhutan has also requested its counterpart in India to intensify security along the 32-km stretch of road between Sarpang and Gelephu in Bhutan.
In this regard, the Prime Minister’s office has also written a letter to Assam DGP regretting the deteriorating law and order of Western Assam.
DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury, who rushed to Kokrajhar and had a meeting with senior police officers of the BTC on Saturday, said that they have taken it very seriously and directed the police to intensify operations against Bodo rebels indulging in kidnapping and extortion. Mr Choudhury also confirmed that the Prime Minister’s office has taken it very seriously and written a letter expressing concern on rampant extortion and kidnapping in Western Assam.