Hours after Bangladesh handed over top Ulfa brass Anup Chetia to
India, Narendra Modi today phoned his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh
Hasina thanking her “for help in fight against terrorism”.
In a post on Twitter, the Indian PM’s office said “PM @narendramodi
spoke to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. He wished PM Hasina on Diwali
& thanked her for the help in fighting terrorism," reports our New
Delhi correspondent.
Bangladesh today handed over to Anup Chetia, leader of India’s top
insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), 18 years into
his arrest in Dhaka for trespassing.
Chetia is wanted for murder, abductions and extortion in India.
He had sought political asylum in Bangladesh thrice in 2005, 2008 and
in 2011 after Bangladesh police arrested him in December, 1997 and was
subsequently handed down seven years of jail terms by two courts for
cross-border intrusion, carrying fake passports and illegally keeping
foreign currencies.
