India will press Myanmar to launch a Bhutan Army-type crackdown against United Liberation Front of Asom and other north-east insurgent groups taking shelter in that country during the home secretary-level talks beginning at Yangon on Tuesday.
The fresh demand will be made by Union Home Secretary V K Duggal during the meeting with his counterpart Brigadier General Phone Swe as a follow-up to the assurance given by Myanmar to extend full support to India in dealing with such groups taking refuge in that country.
The assurance was given to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by his Myanmarese counterpart General Soe Win in the Philippine city of Cebu last month.
New Delhi has conveyed its concerns over Myanmar being used by outfits like ULFA, United Nationalist Liberation Front and People's Liberation Army for anti-India activities.
Before embarking on his Mynamar visit, Duggal reviewed the situation along the India-Myanmar border particularly in the wake of violence unleashed by ULFA militants in parts of Assam.
ULFA has bases in Myanmar and New Delhi has been demanding a crackdown on the insurgent groups operating from that country, similar to the 2003 Bhutan Army operation.
The UNLF, through its armed wing -- the Manipur People's Army -- is said to be behind Friday's ambush of a poll party in Ukhrul district bordering Myanmar in which three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and 10 others injured.
