Guwahati: The Bangladesh-based jihadi outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen has taken control of all Islamic fundamentalist groups active in the northeast. It has been sending jihadis trained in Afghanistan to destabilise the region striking soft human targets and vital economic installations, officials said at a briefing on the two-day annual conference of Directors General of Police and Inspector Generals of Police of northeastern states and West Bengal which concluded here on Thursday.

Assam Director General of Police D.N. Dutt said the conference suggested constitution of a national Standing Committee on terrorism, militancy and insurgency to tackle the situation. It deliberated on the problem of "export of Muslim Fundamentalism and terrorism to the northeast with focus on the role of foreign agencies and the problem of cross border insurgency with special reference to Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar.

The conference, attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs Intelligence Bureau and the Army, emphasised the need for sharing real time intelligence to deal with the problems of insurgency and jihadi activities and better inter-State police coordination to deal with organised crimes.

Assam Inspector General of Police ( Special Branch) Khagen Sharma said that all Islamic groups in the region have come under the umbrella of the Jamat-ul-Mujahideen, which he said, was responsible for the serial blasts in Bangladesh on August 17, 2005. The meet discussed organised crimes in the northeast, drug trafficking and human trafficking.

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