Bangladesh Crisis: The impact of the ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh is also being seen on India. After this incident, on one hand, the challenges on the border have increased, on the other hand, the danger of terrorist organizations becoming active has also increased. It is being told that students in Bangladesh are protesting against the government of Sheikh Hasina, but all the intelligence reports indicate that terrorist organizations had an active role behind the violence. Now news is coming that these terrorist organizations are conspiring to attack India in collaboration with Pakistani terrorist organizations.
Pakistan-Bangladesh joined the terrorists
According to reports, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has partnered with Bangladesh's Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) to carry out terror attacks in India's north-eastern states. Intelligence inputs suggest that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) played a major role in the political turmoil in Bangladesh. It was supported by other militant groups including Jamaat-e-Islami and ABT to spread violence in Bangladesh.
What is Ansarullah Bangla Team?
Ansarullah Bangla Team is a Bangladeshi terrorist organization. It started in 2007 as Jamaat ul-Muslimeen, but the organization shut down due to lack of funds. It was then re-launched as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in 2013. The group was banned in 2015. The organization later re-emerged as Ansar al-Islam. It was banned again in 2017. Ansar al-Islam has since established itself as the Bangladeshi branch of Al Qaeda (AQIS). The organization is accused of killing several secular figures in Bangladesh, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, about 425 ABT/Ansar al-Islam members have been arrested across Bangladesh since 2013.
Currently 9 terrorist organizations are active in Bangladesh
1. Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)
2. Ansar al-Islam
3. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
4. Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
5. Vigilance Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB)
6. Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
7. Communist Party of East Bengal(PBCP)
8. Islamic Student Camp (ICS)
9. Islamic State (ISIS)
Sheikh Hasina banned these organizations
It is worth noting that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had taken several concrete steps to curb these terrorist organizations. Recently, when student protests were going on in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina had said that these violent protests were not carried out by students but by terrorists. Sheikh Hasina banned many organizations like Zaman-e-Islami during her tenure.