ULFA leader Ranju Chowdhury arrested in Bangladesh

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ULFA leader arrested in Bangladesh
PTI, Jun 7, 2010, 03.29pm IST

DHAKA: Bangladesh has arrested ULFA leader Ranju Chowdhury from a northern district, months after the chief of the separatist outfit Arbinda Rajkhowa was handed over to Indian authorities.

Ranju Chowdhury alias Rattan Sarkar, a leader of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was arrested on Sunday from northern Mymensingh district, local sources said.

The elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) troops arrested Chowdhury as he was being treated at a health facility in Mymensingh, local newsmen familiar with the case told PTI on phone.

Chowdury hailed from Silchar in Assam but was hiding in Bangladesh as his in-laws are based in the frontier Sherpur district in northern Bangladesh.

RAB officials, however, declined to confirm the report with its chief Hasan Mahmud Khondker saying "I have no idea".

"We have heard that he (Chowdhury) has been arrested but have nothing in details to tell you. RAB has not informed us...," a senior official of Mymensingh police said.

The report came months after Dhaka is believed to have extended hands to India in capturing ULFA chief Rajkhowa.

Rajkhowa was reportedly picked up from Bangladeshi territory along with several accomplices as he was hiding in Bangladesh.

Dhaka had at that time declined the report of his arrest and his subsequent handing over to India.

Another ULFA stalwart Anup Chetia was arrested from Dhaka during the past 1996-2001 Awami League regime and still is in "security custody" despite the expiry of his jail term for cross border intrusion.

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Congrats Dhaka for your help. Should appericiate Sheikh Hasina's goverment.


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ULFA leader arrested in Bangladesh - India - The Times of India

 

[Chaluboy]

Thats a good news story for the day ...

 

[Swift]

Bangladesh rocks

 

[SpArK]

Great news blue rhino

 

[KS]

Whats this guy's rank in the hierarchy of ULFA..?

Does he belong to pro-talks political camp or the violent Paresh Baruah camp..?

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Anyways Thank u BD.....

 

[Justin Joseph]

Good job brother Bangladesh.

 

[Rocketsingh]

soon,he will be hand over to india

 

[KS]

Seems like our home secretary G.K.Pillai had predicted it a day before...

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ULFA leaders to surrender: Pillai

Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai says a number of top commanders and leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) based in Bangladesh and Myanmar are expected to surrender shortly and join the peace process.

“Some of them are senior leaders and commanders based in Bangladesh and Myanmar who have expressed their willingness to come overground,” Pilla said Sunday.

Pillai was in Meghalaya on a three-day visit to review the security situation that concluded Saturday. “The Assam government has already initiated the peace process with the ULFA and we are very optimistic about a settlement,” the home secretary said in Guwahati while returning to New Delhi after his trip to Meghalaya.

He said the presence of the elusive ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah was important for the peace talks, but claimed the rebel leader would find himself in a spot if he keeps away from the dialogue process.

“Paresh Baruah would be marginalized if he remains adamant and fails to respect the voices of the people of Assam,” the home secretary said.

Tarun Gogoi last week set the ball rolling by way of a cabinet decision to open peace talks with the ULFA leadership, majority of them in jail now. Six top ULFA leaders are in jail and that includes chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Raju Baruah, ‘foreign secretary’ Sasha Choudhury, ‘finance secretary’ Chitraban Hazarika, ‘cultural secretary’ Pranati Deka, and political ideologue Bhimkanta Buragohain.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh today arrested ULFA leader Ranju Chowdhury alias Rattan Sarkar from a northern district, months after the chief of the separatist outfit Arbinda Rajkhowa was handed over to Indian authorities. He was arrested from northern Mymensingh district, local sources said.

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