May 3: After eviction of NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary, the home ministry has tipped off the possible whereabouts of outlawed Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah and his associates in Bangldesh, to its counterpart in Dhaka.
Disclosing that Daimary was kept under confined surveillance for a long time in a house at the outskirts of Dhaka, an authoritative security source told this newspaper that New Delhi was mounting diplomatic pressure on Bangladesh to capture the Ulfa chief.
Clarifying that elusive Ulfa chief was maintaining a close contact with a section of officials of director-general of field intelligence (DGFI), security source said that Baruah keeps on shuttling between Bangladesh and Burma. Sometime he crossover to China also.
Asserting that home ministry was keeping a close watch over the movement of top Ulfa leaders with the help of different security agencies, he said that authorities in Dhaka have been given specific inputs about the activities of Ulfa rebels. He also pointed out that New Delhi has informed the security agencies in Bangladesh about the movement and activities of top Ulfa leaders like Apurba Baruah, Jiban Moran, Antu Chawdang and Drishti Rajkhowa. “We have given them specific inputs on their exact whereabouts in Bangladesh,” he pointed out, hoping that some of them may be caught and evicted soon.
About arrest of NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary, security sources, however, pointed out that it is not necessary that it would bring an end to NDFB. Meanwhile, NDFB spokesman B. Ohnjalu in a statement issued through email said, “The arrest of the NDFB chief may be sorrowful for Boroland army but the struggle and fight against India to liberate Boro people will continue.”
The outfit has also intensified its armed movement in Western Assam district by kidnapping a businessman from Mazbat in Udalguri district.
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Gogoi rules out talks on sovereignty
AGE CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI
May 3: Indicating that the Assam government is willing to start the peace process with the jailed Ulfa leaders without its elusive chief Paresh Barua, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday however rejected the possibility of discussing the issue of “sovereignty” with the outfit.
Asking the group of intellectuals and leading citizens, advocating talks with Ulfa on all issues, to clarify their stand on sovereignty, Mr Tarun Gogoi told reporters, “Sovereignty is non-negotiable. The Government of India or the government of Assam, none will budge from its stand.”