The authorities in Bangladesh have informed its counterpart in India about the arrest of an Ulfa rebel from a hospital in Bangladesh’s northern Mymensingh district recently.
Disclosing that Ulfa rebel Ranjan Chowdhury alias Masud Ranjan Chowdhury who was arrested was suffering from Malaria, security sources said that Dhaka has agreed to hand over the arrested militant to security agencies in India soon.
Though, Ranjan was not holding any important post in Ulfa, his arrest is said to have been a priced catch for the security forces because of his proximity with elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah in Bangladesh.
Acting on some specific tip off, the security agencies nabbed Ranjan from Rupa Nursing Home in Sherpur where he was undergoing treatment of his Malaria. Security sources coordinating with Dhaka indicated that authorities are waiting for his recovery.
Official sources said that Ranjan had married Sabitri, a Garo, and often used to enter Bangladesh through the border from Meghalaya.
Informing that elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah who visited Dhaka recently has once again slipped away from the vigil of security agencies which have not been able to ascertain his whereabouts. Suspecting his presence in Pakistan or somewhere in Thailand, security sources said that Ulfa chief keeps changing his whereabouts more frequently to avoid his arrest.
Asserting that his movement has become more difficult with mounting pressure on neighbouring countries not to give shelter to militant leaders, security sources said that attempts are on to persuade Dhaka to dismantle the remaining hideouts of militant outfits in some of the bordering districts of Bangladesh and its capital Dhaka.
Security sources, however, admitted that response of Burma was not encouraging.