Agartala:
The founding member and chairman of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), Arabinda Rajkhowa, was on Wednesday pushed back by Bangladesh authorities into Tripura and flown to New Delhi. He was arrested in Dhaka on Monday.
Another top Northeast insurgent leader of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura Biswa Mohan Deb Barma has also been detained by the authorities in Bangladesh.
Rajkhowa (53) was pushed back by Bangladesh authorities at an undisclosed place in West Tripura district bordering Bangladesh, intelligence sources said in Agartala, adding that he surrendered there to Indian security forces and taken to New Delhi by a flight from the Tripura capital late on Wednesday evening.
A couple of other persons were also taken to Delhi along with Rajkhowa who could be lower rung leaders of ULFA, said the sources. However, their identity could not be ascertained.
Asked about NLFT chief Biswa Mohan Deb Barma who had also been detained in Dhaka, the sources said he did not accompany Rajkhowa in the flight to Delhi.
Top government sources in New Delhi said Rajkhowa was picked up by sleuths of Bangladeshi security agencies and kept in a secured location in Dhaka while Deb Barma was detained in the southeastern port city of Chittagong.