ULFA Leader Arrested

[Screaming Skull]

ULFA is history!!!

Rajkhowa breaks down before court appearance​

United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, wearing spectacles, arrives at a court in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Rajkhowa was arrested along with a top deputy, officials said Friday, in a major blow to a separatist army already crippled by a string of arrests.​

December 2009,

GUWAHATI: One of India's most wanted fugitives, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa, Saturday broke down and had tears in his eyes as he hugged his wife and two children before being taken to a court here.

It was an emotional scene at the 4th Assam Police Battalion headquarters guest house as Rajkhowa, 53, as parted from his wife Kaveri, 41, daughter Khamchen, 13, and five-year-old son Gadadhar.

"It was an emotional parting at the guest house with Rajkhowa, his wife and their two children hugging each other and all of them in sobs before he was taken away to the court," a senior Assam police officer told IANS.

"Rajkhowa kissed his two children many times," the officer added.

Rajkhowa, until then "calm and composed", suddenly broke down realizing that he might be in prison for long years if peace talks with the government didn't work out.

"After observing him for the better part of Friday, I got a feeling that Rajkhowa is a family man and very attached to his wife and children. He is very weak when it came to family matters, but mentally very strong when it came to his political views," the officer said, requesting anonymity.

Rajkhowa, who studied till class 12, faces several criminal charges ranging from murder to kidnapping and extortion, with the maximum penalty being the death sentence, according to Assam police.

Similar emotional scenes were witnessed when ULFA deputy commander-in-chief Raju Baruah met his family - wife Nirola, 30, and 10-month-old daughter Hemacheta.

"Raju hugged his wife and then cradled the infant for a long time and kissed her several times before getting into the police vehicle that took them to the court," the officer said.

The two ULFA leaders and Rajkhowa's personal security guard Raja Bora were taken out in a convoy escorted by heavy security to the court around 5 p.m. Saturday from the guest house.

While Rajkhowa and Baruah were arrested, no charges were framed against their family members.

Both the militamt leaders would now be lodged separately for interrogation until the time they are in police remand, while their families would stay at the police guest house for some days for security reasons.

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Paresh (Swine) Barua's days are also numbered...............

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India in touch with neighbouring countries for nabbing Paresh Baruah

 

[eastwatch]

No the story came from The Times of India.

I have not read the Times of India story. But, did it specially say that instead of BD security forces, your RAW was allowed to enter BD without passports and visas, but with guns in hands just like the Bombay carnage?

They then came to Dhaka, attacked the houses of ULFA leaders and took them away with big smile, while the BD Police, RAB and other security people watched with respect, same as you show to them, clapped, laughed and saluted them when they finished their Dhaka mission.

You should also report how the RAW agents were entertained or what was the banquet menu after this event, because you seem to know everything of what RAW armed agents do in Dhaka. Could it be that RAB itself is RAW?

By the way, have the Times of India journalists also noted the number plates of the jeeps these FEROCIOUS agents were riding or did they took the photographs of the helicopters or jet planes at ZIA? You better ask them all the details before you glorify RAW.

 

[eastwatch]

Rajkhowa accuses Bangladesh of 'betraying' ULFA | | bdnews24.com

Rajkhowa accuses Bangladesh of 'betraying' ULFA
Sun, Dec 6th, 2009 1:08 am BdST
bdnews24.com New Delhi Correspondent

New Delhi, Dec 5 (bdnews24.com) ・Banned Indian insurgent outfit United Liberation Front of Assam has accused the Bangladesh government of "betrayal".

"Bangladesh has betrayed us," Arabinda Rajkhowa, arrested ULFA founder and chairman, told journalists on Saturday after he was produced before the chief judicial magistrate's court in Guwahati, the main city of the northeastern Indian state of Assam.

India's Border Security Force announced on Friday that it had detained Rajkhowa, his wife and their two children, near the India-Bangladesh border at Dawki in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya.

Also detained with them were his personal bodyguard Raja Bora, the deputy commander-in-chief of the ULFA's military wing Raju Barua and others, said BSF.

They were all handed over to police in Assam after their arrest, said the border force.

Bora and Barua too were produced before the court in Guwahati on Saturday. The three were remanded into police custody for 12 days.

Indian media, quoting unnamed intelligence sources, had originally reported on Wednesday that Rajkhowa and others were picked up in Bangladesh. They also reported that the ULFA leader had then been handed over to India.

ULFA has protested such actions as Bangladesh and India do not have any extradition treaty.

Questioned by media during a joint press-conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, the home secretaries of Bangladesh and India, Abdus Sobhan Sikder and G K Pillai, had declined to confirm or deny the reports about Rajkhowa's arrest and handover.

Pillai, however, did confirm the arrest of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists by the BSF near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya earlier that day.

New Delhi later announced Rajkhowa's arrest in Meghalaya, while Bangladesh's home minister Sahara Khatun categorically denied that Rajkhowa was detained in her country.

India and Bangladesh have not yet inked any bilateral extradition treaty. But Indian intelligence agencies have hinted that Dhaka has tacitly agreed to track down Indian fugitives illegally entering and hiding out in Bangladesh.

India's foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said on Saturday that cooperation between New Delhi and Dhaka had delivered "very positive results". She, however, did not confirm or deny Dhaka's role in detention of the ULFA leaders or LeT terrorists.

Meanwhile, the two home secretaries, in talks ending Wednesday, had finalised three draft deals on security to combat cross-border crime and terrorism, for signing during prime minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming visit to India.

Delhi has since long been conveying its concern to Dhaka over Indian insurgents and terrorists having bases in Bangladesh.

The ULFA has been pursuing an armed rebellion since 1979 with the professed objective of liberating Assam. Thousands have died during their insurgent campaign. Pakistan-based LeT is blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attack.

Indian security agencies have reportedly handed their Bangladeshi counterparts a list of leaders the ULFA and other insurgent outfits of the northeastern India, who had been suspected to be living in Dhaka and other cities in Bangladesh.

Early last month ULFA claimed two leaders擁ts 'finance secretary' Chitrabon Hazarika and 'foreign secretary' Shashadhar Choudhury・were picked up by unidentified men from a residential area in Dhaka and later handed over to the BSF.

BSF said Hazarika and Choudhury were caught near the Indo-Bangla border in Tripura, another state in the northeastern region of India.

After the detention of the ULFA chairman and others, its military wing chief Paresh Barua is the only top leader of the outfit who is still absconding. Indian intelligence officials believe that Barua too has been based in Dhaka, at least till recently.

In March 2008, Mohammed Hafijur Rehman and Din Mohammed, both prime accused in the Chittagong Arms Haul case, had confessed in the court that the 10 truck-load of weapons and ammunition that was seized in 2004 had in fact been meant for the ULFA. Rehman also revealed that Barua, himself, had supervised the arms-smuggling operation.

It is not clear if Barua is still in Bangladesh or has fled to any other neighbouring country in the wake of the reported crackdown by Dhaka on Indian insurgents and terrorists.

Sources said that several other leaders of smaller insurgent outfits of northeastern India had also been detained in Bangladesh over the past few days and Delhi would soon formally announce their arrest by the BSF near the India-Bangladesh border.

Amid speculation of a peace-process between the Indian government and ULFA, Rajkhowa told journalists in Guwahati that they had not surrendered.

"We have not surrendered. We want peace, but not in this way," the handcuffed insurgent leader said, as police escorted him out of the courtroom.

A huge crowd had gathered in front of the court to have a glimpse of the elusive rebel leaders, who ・along with Paresh Barua ・led one of India's oldest insurgencies over the past three decades.

 

[TheBraveHeart]

No that appeared in The Times of India. Read the previous posts and you will find the reference.

---------- Post added at 01:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:33 PM ----------

India lines up return gift of fugitives

New Delhi, Dec. 4: Bangladesh’s generosity in handing over leaders of the United Liberation Front of Asom springs from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s eagerness to see Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s assassins brought to justice, apart from her interest in smoothing relations with India.

Delhi is expected to return the favour to Dhaka by probably sending two persons wanted in the Mujib murder case who are lodged in Tihar jail, sources said. The duo’s identities are being kept under wraps though sources said their aliases could be Abud Mudib and Muslimuddin.

Mujib was assassinated by a group of junior army officers on August 15, 1975. After more than two decades, 12 of them were sentenced to death. Seven, however, escaped abroad and one of them is believed dead.

Two suspects are in India, having been arrested a few years ago for crimes committed here. “During interrogation it was found that they were also responsible for the murder of the Bangladeshi leader,” said a source.

“They (Dhaka) have been asking us to hand them over for some time now and India is considering it actively,” the source added.

If the duo are sent to Dhaka coinciding with Hasina’s upcoming visit, it will be an apt response from India to the handover of Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and other leaders of the militant outfit. The gift had been held back because the Bangladesh National Party led by Khaleda Zia, which was seen as protecting the killers of Mujib, was in power in Dhaka.

Besides returning the Ulfa leaders to India, Bangladesh has promised to send back Ranjan Daimary of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and Jeevan Singh of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, active in north Bengal.

Rajkhowa today “surrendered” with Ulfa’s deputy commander-in-chief Raju Barua at the Dawki border checkpost in Meghalaya, the BSF said.

The border force later handed over the Ulfa leaders and their families to Assam police who took custody of the group of 10 and took them to Guwahati via Shillong under tight security.

Hours after the “surrender”, Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Barua appealed to Rajkhowa to make his “stand” clear, honouring the sacrifice made by 12,000 “martyrs” and the hopes and aspirations of the people of the state.

He claimed that Rajkhowa and Raju Barua, along with a few others, have been in the Indian government’s custody since December 2, which matches the unofficial version of the “surrender”.

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Frontpage | India lines up return gift of fugitives

Something in return will do a lot of good to improve India-Bangladesh relations, in other words its co-operation between partners against terrorism....

 

[idune]

No, Mr. Idune. People who are afraid of snakes, always think of snake. They see snake in every nook and corner. And when they see real snake they think it is unreal. So, there is no reason to see RAW as a snake. Naming RAW for every event in BD does not expose anything.

Better we write about RAW in the correct context. Uttering of RAW makes the Indians happy. They read this with a sense of pride in their mind. If RAW is our enemy, then why to glorify it by giving it unnecessary credit? Do not you think that BD Home minister's order is enough to arrest and expel any Indian rebel?

Was it necessary for RAW to be allowed to come? What do you think of our own security officials? When people unnecessarily praise RAW, it underminds the image of our own security system. Please try to understand.

While you are under the impression that exposing RAW activates is just glorifying them and gives indian pleasure, Awami govt has actually provided free hand for RAW to operate inside Bangladesh. But offcourse you are still too adamant to admit the ground reality in Bangladesh.

RAW may not be greatest of intelligence organization but in current scenario, it’s more of Awami govt allowing RAW to operate freely in Bangladesh than RAW has done some magic. On the other hand RAW has done some severe damage to Bangladesh including instigating Santi bahini terrorists and killing our President.

Here are some ground realities for you to digest:

1) When Hasina takes indian warning of her life at risk (first during BDR massacre and last few weeks back) over our own intelligence (DGFI, NSI), who were sidelined. It gives out the truth that Awami govt has given unprecedented leeway for RAW to operate in Bangladesh and provided more importance than our own intelligence.

2) When our DGFI and para commando officers of Bangladesh army arrested in false pretext that tells us what Awami govt and its home minister is upto – rather than strengthening these organization Awami govt destroying them.

3) When Bangladesh police arrest students protesting Tipaimukh dam with indian high commission shouting to do so, that tells us if Awami police minister controls Bangladeshi police or indian HC.

4) Without any extradition treaty when Awami govt allow foreign intelligence to arrest someone in the country and exfiltrate them across the border, there is no more pretense left to think RAW was not provided free hand in Bangladesh by Awami govt.


So exposing of RAW activity is not to glorify them but expose the fact we have a govt which is destroying our sovereign entities to give prominence to indian rouge organization like RAW.

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Rajkhowa did not surrender, he was trapped in a sting operation

New Delhi ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa did not surrender with his aides and family. It’s reliably learnt that he was actually lured into a trap while trying to escape from Cox’s Bazaar near Chittagong in Bangladesh.
In a planned intelligence operation handled at the highest levels in the government, the first inputs about Rajkhowa’s plans to escape from Bangladesh came soon after the “surrender” of ULFA finance secretary Chitrabon Hazarika and foreign secretary Shashadhar Chowdhury in November first week.

A rattled Rajakhowa, sources said, had realised that the heat was growing on ULFA members in Bangladesh and that it was not safe for him or his family to continue staying there. He is believed to have then been in touch with Mukul Hazarika of Assam Watch, who is based in London. While it is not clear with whom Hazarika then got in touch, sources said Rajkhowa was ultimately put on to some local Bangladeshi contacts to make good his escape.

Under constant monitoring since then, Indian intelligence agencies gathered that the plan was to get Rajkhowa along with aides Raju Barua, Raja Bora and their families and the wife and daughter of Shashadhar Chowdhury to cross over into Myanmar. From there, ends had been tied up for the group to be taken to Bangkok where they would reassess matters.

The escape effort included a long bus ride from Cox’s Bazaar to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. It is here where agencies involved in the operation decided to intervene and have someone impersonate as a representative of Rajkhowa’s local contact.

This worked out and a person contacted Rajkhowa’s group just before they were to board a public transport bus as instructed by their local contacts.

Pretending to be someone who had been sent by the contact, the impersonator told them that there has been a change in plan for the better and the group did not have to undertake the arduous journey by bus because “Toyota vehicles” had been arranged.

It’s learnt that Rajkhowa and his aides did initially suspect foul play but were convinced by the impersonator who then brought them to the vehicles. But before boarding the vehicles, Rajkhowa had doubts and seemed to backtrack after consultations with his aides. At this point, sources said, other members of the operation joined in and overpowered Rajkhowa and others, put them in the vehicles and drove away.

Thereafter, sources said, a decision was made not to hold the group any longer in Bangladesh and they were taken on a long drive to the Indo-Bangladesh border post in Meghalaya where they were handed over to BSF authorities. From here, they were taken to Guwahati. Rajkhowa and others have been in custody since December 2.
Intelligence agencies believe there are strong indications that the local contacts helping Rajkhowa were doing so at the behest Pakistan intelligence operatives. While this is still not confirmed, sources pointed out that ULFA cadre have been in touch with Pakistani agents in the past.

The success of the cooperation comes in the wake of improved cooperation between India and the Sheikh Hasina government on not letting Bangladesh soil be used by groups inimical to Indian interests. Rajkhowa and many other key ULFA leaders had taken refuge in Bangladesh during the Khaleda Zia government.

Indian efforts in the past like offering safe passage to Paresh Barua and Rajkhowa for talks under the condition that they give up violence did not draw a favourable response. Now that these men have been picked up, the Centre is keen that trial proceedings should continue. While there is speculation that the state government may be more open to the idea of talks, security agencies believe that any such move can only happen if Rajkhowa fully agrees to cooperate in bringing in other ULFA members.


Rajkhowa did not surrender, he was trapped in a sting operation - Express India

 

[TopCat]

I am surprised seeing the capacity of BD intellegence agency. Its not only ULFA but other terrorist nabbed by them in past few months with so ease. Seems like they know every grass in BD.

 

[third eye]

Bangladesh won't allow terrorism: Dipu

Bangladesh won't allow terrorism: Dipu

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday said Bangladesh is determined not to allow any terrorist activities on its soil.

She was addressing a dialogue on Bangladesh-India relations at a hotel in Gulshan organised by Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI).

The foreign minister hoped that the upcoming prime minister's visit to India will open a new horizon in Bangladesh-India relations.

Asked about arrest of the Ulfa chief, Dipu Moni told reporters that all the issues between Bangladesh and India would also be resolved during the PM's visit.

 

[M_Saint]

I am surprised seeing the capacity of BD intellegence agency. Its not only ULFA but other terrorist nabbed by them in past few months with so ease. Seems like they know every grass in BD.

You will be more surprised to know that those Intel guys even the color of terrorist's underwear but the mind boggling thing is that they don't make any of those ring leaders like Bangla Vai or Abdur Rahman public as Bushists never do it to OBL gangs (Nudge! Nudge! Wink! Wink!). BTW thanks for welcoming me, cheers.

 

[idune]

Rajkhowa did not surrender, he was trapped in a sting operation

Rajkhowa did not surrender, he was trapped in a sting operation - Express India

eastwatch can now take his abuse and reverse spin to his beloved Awami stooge govt who are letting indian intel /RAW to operate inside Bangladesh in this manner.

 

[eastwatch]

You will be more surprised to know that those Intel guys even the color of terrorist's underwear but the mind boggling thing is that they don't make any of those ring leaders like Bangla Vai or Abdur Rahman public as Bushists never do it to OBL gangs (Nudge! Nudge! Wink! Wink!). BTW thanks for welcoming me, cheers.

This post has shown your true colour. You seem to be a terrorist, but you have chosen pen instead of sword because you do not want to die like Bangla Bhai or Sheikh Abdur Rahman.

Better you keep it this way, because hanging from a rope is painful. The bones below the head are broken by the pull due to gravity, and some people dirty their underwear when they are forced to evacuate urine and bowels due to pain. So, better you keep on writing things that we can enjoy.

 

[indiatech]

Rajkhowa in those pics said only 1 line. "There is going to be no negotiations with Handcuffs on".

The very good chance that there would have been a peacefull negotiations are now fruiteless. Govt handcuffed, manhandled them and dragged them to court. What a stage and a way for peaceful negotiation.

For the NAGA rebels govt is always ready to discuss outside india , even discuss about their sovreinity. But for ULFA no negotiation about sovreinity.

When Paresh Baruah confirmed that Rajkhowa is now on his side and no negotiations but struggle will continue, it was the common man who are tired of both ULFA and the govt who felt the most because a great chance to have peace are now alomost no more

Since these people are now in police custody, there will be bloodboth, blasts and what not.

An unwanted ULFA is now reborn again.

 

[Awesome]

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | ‘Ulfa zindabad’ outside court

Guwahati, Dec. 5: What was meant to be the government’s show of success today threw up an unexpected public display of support for Ulfa, with the outfit’s chairman, Arabinda Rajkhowa, and its deputy commander-in-chief, Raju Barua, rubbishing police claims that they had surrendered.

“We have not surrendered, we will never surrender,” Rajkhowa and Barua thundered today as they were produced in the court of chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup, Robin Phukan.

Around 5.30pm, shouts of “Ulfa zindabad” and “Rajkhowa zindabad” rent the air as the two militants appeared. A large number of people were waiting on the court premises since morning for a glimpse of the two elusive leaders.

The slogans in support of Ulfa were heard when the duo and Rajkhowa’s bodyguard Raja Baruah were brought into the court and then led out after the CJM sent the trio to 12 days’ police remand.

When Rajkhowa and Barua emerged, they first denied having surrendered and then asserted there could be no talks if Assam’s “sovereignty” was not included in the main agenda.

The crowd urged the leaders not to surrender. “Surrender nokoribo (do not surrender),” they shouted. Rajkhowa obliged, saying “surrender nokoru moi (I will never surrender)” to wild cheers from the crowd. “If I would have surrendered, then I would not have been brought to the court handcuffed,” he said.

Raju Barua said: “Moi surrender kora nai aru surrender nokoru (I have not surrendered and will never surrender).”

The special superintendent of police, P.C. Saloi, was standing at hand-shaking distance of the sloganeers, surrounded by a large posse of armed policemen.

Advocates Bijon Mahajan, Arshad Choudhury and Pranab Kumar Das appeared on behalf of the Ulfa leaders. Mahajan said the police sought 14 days’ custody in connection with a special operation unit (SOU) case.

After coming out of the courtroom, Rajkhowa told reporters that he felt insulted by the media’s questions on his “surrender”.

“The person who wants to return to his motherland wearing garlands of victory is wearing handcuffs today. You have insulted our sacrifice for our motherland by asking about surrender. We also want peace. But there will be no peace talk with handcuffs,” Rajkhowa said.

The show is still going on...

 

[indiatech]

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | ‘Ulfa zindabad’ outside court



The show is still going on...

Perhaps you could post this in the "ULFA - no more " thread just a few below the sequence.

There are also some reasons posted , why the show coming to and end is now still on.

 

[Spring Onion]

Asim i thought it had anything to do with Pakistan Zindabad