Bangladesh hands over two top ULFA rebels to India

November 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two senior separatist leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), arrested in Bangladesh, are now in the custody of Assam Police, officials Friday said. According to officials, ULFA "foreign secretary" Sasha Choudhury and "finance secretary" Chitraban Hazarika were being flown in Friday by a special army helicopter from Gokul Nagar Border Security Force (BSF) outpost in Tripura, bordering Bangladesh.

November 5th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Close on the heels of two senior rebel leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) being arrested in Bangladesh, Myanmarese soldiers have reportedly surrounded a mobile camp of the outfit in the country's Sagaing Division, officials said Thursday. According to Indian intelligence officials, a group of about 80 to 100 ULFA militants based at a camp at Nyasing village in the northern Sagaing Division were being surrounded by soldiers of the junta in the thickly forested region.

November 4th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), an influential separatist group has claimed that two of its top leaders were arrested in Bangladesh and then handed over to India, a spokesperson for the outlawed group said. There is, however, no confirmation from Dhaka or New Delhi.

October 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - In a startling revelation, Prabal Neogi, leader of the powerful separatist group in Assam, has said that the ultras may plan to set up camps in China consequent to their losing bases in Bangladesh and Myanamar. He said this while interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of a symposium on Conflict Management and Transformation of Ethics Nationalist and Societal Conflicts held at Guwahati on Wednesday.

September 12th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Bangladesh's pledge to sign a treaty enabling transfer of sentenced militants and criminals and crack down on Indian separatists in its territory has evoked a positive response in Assam. If such a treaty is signed, then it is surely a positive development.

September 12th, 2009 DARJEELING - A militant of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) outfit was arrested from West Bengal's Darjeeling district. Talking to reporters here on Friday, Deboprasad Singh, district Superintendent of Police, said: "Dasarath Singha alias Manik Barman, who was nabbed from Khoribari area of the district, was trained in Bangladesh.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni today said India and Bangladesh are close to finalizing an extradition treaty. Talking to reporters at Bangladesh House in Delhi, Moni said that the extradition treaty is under discussion.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government on Tuesday said that the United Liberation Front of Assom (ULFA) was reportedly obtaining weapons from foreign countries. Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, stated said that the arms were being smuggled in the Indian territory through Bangladesh.

July 28th, 2009 KAKOPATHAR - A group of surrendered rebels of the moderate faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), observed Martyrs' Day at Kakopathar in Tinsukia district. To mark the occasion, a flag hoisting programme was organised wherein, Mrinal Hazarika, leader of ULFA's pro-talks faction unfurled the organisation's flag in honour of those who had sacrificed their lives fighting for the cause of autonomy.

April 10th, 2009 GUWAHATI - While the United Liberation Front of Assom (ULFA) is today infamous for its militant activities, the pro-talk ULFA cadres are eager to take part in the upcoming 15th Lok Sabha elections. The pro-talk groups of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) that declared a unilateral ceasefire last year are looking forward to join the electoral process and cast votes.

February 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The leader of a pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Tuesday accused politicians of hobnobbing with the outfit and alleged that political parties in Assam have been using the insurgency issue to its advantage in all elections since 1991. 'Since the 1991 elections, political parties have used the ULFA issue either negatively or positively for political gains.

February 1st, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said there are about 300 cadres of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in 15 camps located in Bangladesh. 'The ULFA and the NDFB based in Bangladesh are getting support from local groups and organisations like HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami) and we want Dhaka to launch a flush out drive to uproot their bases,' the chief minister told journalists here.

January 28th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two policemen and a separatist guerilla were killed and a six-year-old child injured in a gun battle between security forces and militants in Assam Thursday, officials said. A police spokesman said the gun battle took place between a group of militants belonging to the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and a joint team of the police and the army near village Sapekheti in Sibsagar district, about 390 km east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.

January 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two rebels were gunned down in separate shootouts with security forces and six apprehended in raids by police Saturday in Assam, a day after a powerful explosion in the state's principal city killed three people and wounded 10, officials said. A police spokesman said two militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed in separate shootouts.

January 4th, 2009 AGARTALA - Four top tribal separatist leaders, who surrendered before authorities in Tripura, revealed they were trained by the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Bangladesh, officials said Monday. A police spokesman said the four militants, two of them women, of the outlawed All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), surrendered before the police late Sunday.