Book slams Sashastra Seema Bal for sloth on Bhutan border during peak of militancy in northeast
The HinduGUWAHATI The “indifference” of the Sashastra Seema Bal to sporadic gunfire and the presence of certain groups across the border in Bhutan may have emboldened extremist outfits of northeast India, a book by a former intelligence officer indicates. “I had asked for the Border Security Force for both the Indo-Bhutan and Indo-Nepal borders, but the Government of India deployed the SSB instead,” writes Dilip Mitra, a retired IPS officer in his book titled Operation Black Stiletto: Making India Bleed. ‘Casual border force’ Mr. Mitra’s assessment of the SSB was not off the mark when he had inspected some areas of northern West Bengal along the border with Bhutan and walked into an SSB camp right on the border. “ Shyamal Dutta agreed with my analysis.” Bhutan Army’s crackdown Soon, the Royal Bhutan Army cracked down in what came to be known as Operation All-Clear between December 15, 2003, and January 3, 2004.
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