Operation Leech

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Operation Leech is the code name given to an armed operation carried in the Indo-Myanmar border. As the major player in SE Asia, India always sought to promote democracy and install friendly governments in the region. To these ends, India's external intelligence agency, R&AW, cultivated Burmese rebel groups and pro-democracy coalitions, especially the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).^[1] India allowed KIA to carry a limited trade in jade and precious stones using Indian territory and even supplied them weapons. It is further alleged that KIA chief Maran Brangsein met the R&AW chief in Delhi twice.^{[citation needed]}

However with increasing bonhomie between the Indian government and the Myanmar junta and KIA becoming the main source of training and weapons for all northeastern rebel groups, R&AW initiated an operation codenamed "Operation Leech", with the help of Army and paramilitary forces, to assassinate the leaders of the Burmese rebels as an example to other groups.^[2] Operation Leech is considered as a success but has been criticised on principle by many Human Rights group.

[edit] References

1. ^ Larry Jagan, BBC Online, 4 July 2000
2. ^ Subir Bhaumik (June, 2005). Guns, drugs and rebel India-seminar.com. Accessed 2007-10-26.