By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR:The role of the Bangladeshi terror group, Parbattya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) headed by Santu Larma in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of Bangladesh has come up following the arrest of Russian national Igor Babko (41) from Rajiv Nagar, a Chakma village in Mamit district of Mizoram on 25 March 2026, stated New Delhi based security think tank, Centre for North East India Security Studies (CNEISS) in a press release.
On 25 March 2026, the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel detained Russian national Igor Babko from Rajiv Nagar, a Chakma village in Mamit district of Mizoram, after he entered without restricted area permit. Igor Babko started his journey from Agartala on 8 March and is suspected to have travelled via Kanchanpur in North Tripura before reaching Rajiv Nagar village.
“Local Chakma sources informed that the visit of Igor Babko to Chakma village, Rajiv Nagar was organised by PCJSS Mizoram-in-Charge Mr Udayan Chakma alias Jit from Ananta Master Para village of Khagrachari district of Bangladesh and PCJSS in charge of Mamit District Mr Binanda Chakma from Dighinala of Khagrachari district of Bangladesh. Before proceeding to Mizoram, Igor Babko had also visited Mittigachari village of Kanchanpur, North Tripura which is locally known as the PCJSS base camp. On Tripura side, PCJSS arms commander, Jyotishman Chakma @ Bulbul from Pankhaiya Para village of Khagrachari district coordinated the visit of Igor Babko.” – stated Mr Swapan Debbarma of the CNEISS.
“This attempt to bring large number of suspicious foreigners by the PCJSS to the North East India is not new. On 6 November 2025, the representatives of PCJSS brought one Chinese national, Mr Chun Kit Leong via Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport at Agartala and Mr Leong was received at the airport by Mr Bishnu Ranjan Chakma @ Nito, ex-body guard of PCJSS President Santu Larma. Mr Chun Kit Leong was kept at the Tripura government owned Sonar Tari Hotel at Agartala from 6 to 11 November 2025 and was taken to Gandhachara under Dhalai district, the sensitive Indo-Bangladesh border from where PCJSS (Santu) operates and thereafter to Karbi Anglong, Assam.” – also added Mr Debbarma.
The DGFI of Bangladesh has been using the PCJSS as an asset by keeping Santu Larma as Chairman of the CHT Regional Council without elections for the last 28 years to disturb India and the PCJSS has been allowed by the Bangladeshi authorities to develop strong relations with the Burmese armed groups seeking to carve out a Christian State, the United Liberation Front of Asom (I), the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation etc and operate from India too. In the last week of February 2026, the PCJSS had brought a huge consignment of arms from the Burmese armed groups with the help of the ULFA.
“The way this Bangladeshi terror group PCJSS has been operating in the North East India including by bringing suspicious foreign nationals raises serious national security concerns and its role should be thoroughly investigated. The security agencies must be aware of the ‘PCJSS Module’ i.e. abusing the sympathy in India towards the tribal people of the CHT for the illegal award of the region to Pakistan during the partition in 1947 through the PCJSS to destabilise North East India. The PCJSS has stopped fighting for the tribal people of the CHT after signing the Peace Accord in 1997 and its armed group is used by the DGFI, ISI and other foreign intelligence agencies out to destabilise North East India.”- also stated CNEISS.



























