Monday, June 13 2005 15:54 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Shillong: BSF (Border Security Force) today (Jun 13, 2005) ruled out providing additional information to Bangladesh on business enterprises run in that country by ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) or bank accounts operated by the banned outfit, as sought by Dhaka.

"We had checked and cross-checked the information on ULFA running seven hotels and operating three bank accounts in Bangladesh before releasing it," Inspector General of BSF's Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland (AMMN) Frontier, S C Srivastava, told sources in Shillong. "It is for Bangladesh police to find out." Srivastava said adding that he could not go to Bangladesh to supply more evidence.

"Why should they (Bangladesh police) accept it? BSF had earlier given Bangladesh a list of 197 militants camps existing on its soil. It is also well known that they (the authorities) are managing those camps," he said.

However, a senior Bangladesh police officer termed the BSF claim as propaganda against his Country.

Additional Inspector General Anwarul Iqbal yesterday (Jun 12, 2005) said the information was 'baseless and imaginary' and asked BSF to submit evidence to support its 'allegations' directly or through the Interpol. Srivastava had said the ULFA cadres are running seven hotels - three hotels in capital Dhaka, two in Sylhet and two in Chittagong.

The three bank accounts held by the militants were traced at the Arab Bangladesh Bank's Farm Gate branch in Dhaka, Zinda Bazar branch at Sylhet and Al-barakah Bank's Pahartali branch in Chittagong, he said.