ULFA leader Anup Chetia, a fugitive for over two decades, was handed
over to India by Bangladesh on Wednesday Nov 11,2015, a significant development that
comes close on the heels of deportation of Mumbai underworld don Chhota
Rajan from Indonesia.
48-year-old Chetia, the founder general secretary of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), is wanted for killings, abductions, bank robberies and extortion activities.
The insurgent leader, whose original name is Golap Barua, was handed over by Bangladesh to Indian officials this morning at the personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and through active involvement of NSA Ajit Doval
India had been repeatedly demanding Chetia's deportation for over two decades but successive governments in Bangladesh had been refusing to cooperate citing non-existence of an Extradition Treaty.
The Sheikh Hasina government finally decided to repatriate him following a written application from Chetia that he was "keen to return to India"
Anup Chetia was in Bangladesh ever since he fled India in early 1990s. He had been arrested in March 1991 but the then Assam Chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia released him from jail, following which he fled from India
48-year-old Chetia, the founder general secretary of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), is wanted for killings, abductions, bank robberies and extortion activities.
The insurgent leader, whose original name is Golap Barua, was handed over by Bangladesh to Indian officials this morning at the personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and through active involvement of NSA Ajit Doval
India had been repeatedly demanding Chetia's deportation for over two decades but successive governments in Bangladesh had been refusing to cooperate citing non-existence of an Extradition Treaty.
The Sheikh Hasina government finally decided to repatriate him following a written application from Chetia that he was "keen to return to India"
Anup Chetia was in Bangladesh ever since he fled India in early 1990s. He had been arrested in March 1991 but the then Assam Chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia released him from jail, following which he fled from India
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