According to sources, a group of armed ultras is taking shelter in the Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh under the patronage Naga rebel group National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang, which has a strong base in the twin district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Myanmar. The anti-talks faction of the ULFA led by its 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua has its base in Myanmar.
The NSCN rebels based in the Tirap and Changlang supply requirements to the northeast militants' base in Myanmar. They provide shelter to other northeastern insurgent groups in Myanmar.
Though Union Home Minister P Chidambaram last year announced that a full-scale operation will be launched
against insurgents based in Tirap and Changlang districts, it is yet to be materialised. As a result militants are still using these two bordering districts of Arunachal Pradesh to access their Myanmar base.
The NSCN-K rebels have a truce with the Indian forces within Nagaland, however they are using the Arunachal Pradesh territory to carry out illegal activities like extortion, providing shelter to other militant groups taking advantage of the absence of any sustained army operation against them.
Meanwhile, security forces are on their toes to counter any trouble created by the anti-talks faction of the outlawed ULFA on or before July 29, which is observed by the outfit at 'martyr's day'. A security source said, "The ULFA faction will try to strike terror in the state to derail the peace process between the government and the other faction of the ULFA led by its 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa."
