Agartala/New Delhi: Top ULFA leader Arabinda
Rajkhowa was today pushed back by Bangladesh authorities into
Tripura where he surrendered to security forces, and flown to
New Delhi.
Another top northeast insurgent leader of banned National
Liberation Front of Tripura Biswa Mohan Deb Barma has also
been detained by the authorities in Bangladesh.
Rajkhowa (53), who was held in Dhaka on Monday, was
pushed back by Bangladesh authorities at an undisclosed place
in West Tripura district bordering Bangladesh, intelligence
sources said in Agartala adding he surrendered there to Indian
security forces and taken to New Delhi by a flight from the
Tripura capital late this evening.
A couple of other persons were also taken to Delhi
along with Rajkhowa who could be lower rung leaders of ULFA,
said the sources. However, their identity could not be
ascertained.
Asked about NLFT chief Biswa Mohan Deb Barma who had
also been detained in Dhaka, the sources said he did not
accompany Rajkhowa in the flight to Delhi.
Top government sources in New Delhi said Rajkhowa was
picked up by sleuths of Bangladeshi security agencies and kept
in a secured location in Dhaka while Deb Barma was detained in
the southeastern port city of Chittagong.
National Security Advisor M K Narayanan said earlier
in the day that if at all Rajkhowa is arrested, he would
probably surrender first.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, December 02, 2009, 23:38