Rights activist arrested in ULFA plane hijacking plot
Peoples' Consultative Group (PCG) member Lachit Bordoloi was on Monday arrested from Assam's Dibrugarh district in connection with ULFA's alleged plan to hijack an aircraft from the airport here.
By PTI |
GUWAHATI: Peoples' Consultative Group (PCG) member Lachit Bordoloi was on Monday arrested from Assam's Dibrugarh district in connection with ULFA's alleged plan to hijack an aircraft from the airport here.
Bordoloi was arrested following a statement given by arrested ULFA leader Manoj Tamuli who was trained by Afghan militants in hijacking a plane, a senior police official said here.
Bordoloi, also the secretary general of human rights body Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti , was arrested from Moran in Dibrugarh district while he was travelling in a bus from Tinsukia to Guwahati, said the official on condition of anonymity.
PCG had been constituted by ULFA to carry on peace talks with the Centre on its behalf.
Bordoloi is being brought to Guwahati for interrogation. The police had searched his house at Jyotinagar in the city and seized a laptop and two CDs on Sunday, the official said.
The police are also interrogating senior advocate and ULFA lawyer Nekibur Zaman as Tamuli had also mentioned his name, he said.
Bordoloi was arrested following a statement given by arrested ULFA leader Manoj Tamuli who was trained by Afghan militants in hijacking a plane, a senior police official said here.
Bordoloi, also the secretary general of human rights body Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti , was arrested from Moran in Dibrugarh district while he was travelling in a bus from Tinsukia to Guwahati, said the official on condition of anonymity.
PCG had been constituted by ULFA to carry on peace talks with the Centre on its behalf.
Bordoloi is being brought to Guwahati for interrogation. The police had searched his house at Jyotinagar in the city and seized a laptop and two CDs on Sunday, the official said.
The police are also interrogating senior advocate and ULFA lawyer Nekibur Zaman as Tamuli had also mentioned his name, he said.
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