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e Bangladesh authorities, reports expressbuzz.com of India, reports UNB.
The dreaded ULFA leader was apprehended by the Bangladesh security agencies about 12 days ago when he was crossing over to Bangladesh via Myan-mar border after visiting Chinese Yunnan province.
Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder pleaded ignorance about the arrest of Paresh Barua. "I''m not aware of it," he told UNB this evening.
Bangladesh officials had been shy of confirming the arrest and handing over to India the ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and three of his comrades early this year, and National Democratic Front of Bodoland chairman Ranjan Daimary couple of months ago.
"We are expecting Bangladesh to hand him over to us soon once they finish interrogating him," sources told Express.
An IANS report from Guwahati, Assam, said Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai pleaded ignorance about the arrest of ULFA Commander. "We have no such reports," he said in response to an SMS about the Express report.
Television channels in Assam and some newspapers on Thursday reported that ULFA's elusive commander-in-chief was arrested in Bangladesh about a fortnight ago upon his return from China. "At a time when Bangladesh is stepping up its heat on ULFA and NDFB, a seasoned separatist leader like Paresh Barua would never enter Bangladesh and get himself captured," a central intelligence official said. "It is nothing but a rumour."