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| Indocops nab Bodobadguy... |
| 2003-01-02 |
| Police in India's eastern state of Sikkim say they have arrested a top separatist leader from the neighbouring state of Assam. Dhiren Boro, who heads the military wing of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was arrested just past midnight from an apartment in Sikkim's capital, Gangtok. Two bodyguards, his wife and two children, who were with him, were also detained. "Stick 'em up, kiddies! Yer under arrest!" The NDFB has been involved in a violent campaign for an independent Bodo homeland since it was established 10 years ago. Sikkim police chief TN Tenzing told the BBC that a group of police commandos encircled the flat in which Dhiren Boro was staying with his family at least for the last six months. He'd been living there for six months? And they just noticed? Musta been a master of disguise, huh? What gave him away? Three assault rifles, several Chinese-made grenades and two wireless sets were recovered from the apartment. I'll bet that was it... "Harry! The man across the hall has two bodyguards, and they're all three carrying assault rifles and Chinese-made grenades!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |