ULFA's Rajkhowa arrested in Bangladesh, say sources

[Jana]

ULFA's Rajkhowa arrested in Bangladesh, say sources

Indo-Asian News Service
Guwahati, December 02, 2009
First Published: 13:00 IST(2/12/2009)
Last Updated: 15:00 IST(2/12/2009)


Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and its publicity secretary Apurba Baruah have been arrested in Bangladesh, informed sources said on Wednesday.

Both are expected to be in India's custody soon, the sources told IANS.

The two leaders are believed to have been arrested by the Special Branch of the Bangladesh Police from downtown Dhaka.

Rajkhowa, 56, was in Bangladesh for close to two decades, operating out of bases in that country to order hit-and-run strikes in Assam.

He founded the ULFA in 1979 along with five other leaders, including the outfit's commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, who is believed to have escaped Bangladesh and is reportedly hiding in China.

Last month, Bangladesh reportedly handed over two ULFA leaders, self-styled foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury and finance secretary Chitrabon Hazarika, to Indian authorities.

Indian officials say they were arrested on the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura while trying to sneak into India.

ULFA's Rajkhowa arrested in Bangladesh, say sources- Hindustan Times

[Al-Zakir]

Surely la-haisan's government looking for enemy in unusual pace. This guy is freedom fighter. He is fighting against bhratis injustice. Awami loser trying too hard to repay it's bharati master for last election.

[Jako]

Lol...another typical al-zakir no-brain post!...do you actually know anything bout the ULFA,their activities,their wish list etc etc???....i doubt you do.....so please and please,keep your no-brainers to yourself.....dont be a blood thirsty war-monger supporting anti-india terrorism and disapproving anything that improves indo-bangla relations(like that matters)

[Al-Zakir]

Originally Posted by Jako

Lol...another typical al-zakir no-brain post!...do you actually know anything bout the ULFA,their activities,their wish list etc etc???....i doubt you do.....so please and please,keep your no-brainers to yourself.....dont be a blood thirsty war-monger supporting anti-india terrorism and disapproving anything that improves indo-bangla relations(like that matters)

None is my concern man. All I know they are seeking freedom from big bharat and after all we are following your foot step. If you were right to armed and shelter terrorist mukiti in East Pakistan against Pakistan government than how is it wrong for us to do same? We know the meaning freedom so we must help our fellow assamis to get their freedom. I don’t think bharat got any moral ground to criticize anyone in this issue.

There is a famous saying goes like this.
What goes around comes around.

[vinod2070]

Originally Posted by Jako

Lol...another typical al-zakir no-brain post!...do you actually know anything bout the ULFA,their activities,their wish list etc etc???....i doubt you do.....so please and please,keep your no-brainers to yourself.....dont be a blood thirsty war-monger supporting anti-india terrorism and disapproving anything that improves indo-bangla relations(like that matters)

Typical foolish post from a bigot!

People run away from their countries and then derive sadistic pleasure from hoping for some unsustainable machismo from their poor countries!

Not happening. Bangladesh is turning a corner. Razakaars are again going to get hell.

[macrocks]

There is a famous saying goes like this.
What goes around comes around.

I always use this saying for Pakistan. You guys either stop exporting terror or Pak will be it's number 1. victim before you know.

[Al-Zakir]

Sahara denies handing over Rajkhowa but BSF confirms


"Since we did not even arrest him, how come the question of pushing him back arises?"


Saturday December 05 2009 01:19:38 AM BDT


Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday denied the media reports that Indian ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa had been arrested in Bangladesh and later pushed back to India.(The Independent)

"Since we did not even arrest him, how come the question of pushing him back arises?" the home minister told the reporters after attending a function in the capital in the morning.

On a query, whether her government will make any reply to the Indian media reports, Sahara said they published whatever they thought and there is nothing for her government to do.

Earlier BBC News and Indian media reported that the ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa has been taken to Delhi from Tripura where he surrendered to the security forces.

Meanwhile, AFP quoting Indian border security force official said Rajkhowa had been arrested in Bangladesh and transferred to India.

"Bangladesh has handed over the top leaders of ULFA and their family members to India to investigate all the criminal cases against them," said Vijay Singh, a spokesman from India's Border Security Force in New Delhi.

ULFA, one of the most powerful rebel armies in the northeast among 30-odd militant groups active in the region, has been fighting for an independent homeland for ethnic Assamese since 1979.

India has been wracked by separatist conflicts since its independence in 1945, with deadly insurgencies embedded in its northwestern Kashmir region and the northeast.

A steadily rising Maoist insurgency that began as a peasants' uprising in 1967 has now spread to 20 of 29 states.

India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi suggested this week that the government might hold peace talks with ULFA.

Last month, Bangladesh handed over two other ULFA leaders-self-styled foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury and finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika-to Indian authorities after they were picked up from rented accommodation in Dhaka.

Security has been tightened across the state, fearing a backlash from ULFA rebels after the arrest of the key leaders.

"We have already stepped up vigilance and have sounded a massive security alert across the state as you never know. There could be a backlash after these developments," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said.

http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=295749

[DarkStar]

Originally Posted by Jako

Lol...another typical al-zakir no-brain post!...do you actually know anything bout the ULFA,their activities,their wish list etc etc???....i doubt you do.....so please and please,keep your no-brainers to yourself.....dont be a blood thirsty war-monger supporting anti-india terrorism and disapproving anything that improves indo-bangla relations(like that matters)

Originally Posted by vinod2070

Typical foolish post from a bigot!

People run away from their countries and then derive sadistic pleasure from hoping for some unsustainable machismo from their poor countries!

Not happening. Bangladesh is turning a corner. Razakaars are again going to get hell.

There's too much personal shit flying around on the forum, let's keep it about the message and not the messenger. Everyone has a right to express their views, no matter how outlandish they may seem to some.