No specific case of Rohingya terror links: BSF

New Delhi Nov 29 (IANS) The BSF on Wednesday said it has not come across any specific case of terror links of Rohingyas whom intelligence agencies claim have a connection with terror groups like the Islamic State and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

At the same time it said it cannot rule out such a possibility.

"We don t have any specific information about Rohingyas links with terrorists. Sister agencies like IB and RAW have shared information about Rohingyas that they have links with terrorists and Islamic State. But I am not ruling out their inputs " BSF Director General K K Sharma told the media here.

"Rohingya is a very complicated issue. Our mandate is very clear that we don t allow any illegal immigration into India whether he is a Rohingya or Bangladeshi. Our policy is to push them back not arrest. In the last few months we caught 87 Rohingyas and pushed them back to Bangladesh till October 31 " the BSF DG said.

"We don t arrest them because it will become a liability and then there has to be a process of identifying them."

--IANS
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