Ulfa hijack foiled, Lachit Bordoloi & airlines man arrested
Ulfa peace talk facilitator and rights leader Lachit Bordoloi and an Air Deccan employee were arrested on Monday, after the outfit’s plan to hijack a plane from the international airport here was foiled.
By PTI |
GUWAHATI: Ulfa peace talk facilitator and rights leader Lachit Bordoloi and an Air Deccan employee were arrested on Monday, after the outfit���s plan to hijack a plane from the international airport here was foiled.
Police said Bordoloi and Sumon Dutta were arrested on charges of alleged nexus with Ulfa following confessional statements of arrested Ulfa leader Manoj Tamuly, who was trained by Afghan militants to hijack plane from the Lokopriyo Gopinath International Airport here. Police claimed Ulfa was conspiring to hijack the plane to Rawalpindi via Thimphu and Kathmandu. Ulfa, however, denied it had any such plans.
Bordoloi, a member of the People���s Consultative Group (PCG), formed by Ulfa to facilitate peace talks with the Centre, was arrested on Monday morning from Moran in Dibrugarh district while he was coming here from Tinsukia in a bus. Police seized a laptop and two CDs from his house here. Bordoloi also heads the rights group MASS.
Dutta, a resident of Azara area near the airport from where Tamuly was picked up on Saturday, was arrested from his residence. Air Deccan officials, however, refused to comment on the arrest.
Police were also interrogating senior advocate Nekibur Zaman in this connection as Tamuly had also mentioned his name.
Zaman���s mobile phone was seized and he was currently being treated in a hospital as he suffered an injury. Bordoloi told reporters his arrest was made to derail the ���peace process initiated by the PCG and to divert the attention of the people from peace talks���.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said security forces are taking measures against insurgent activities.
Police said Bordoloi and Sumon Dutta were arrested on charges of alleged nexus with Ulfa following confessional statements of arrested Ulfa leader Manoj Tamuly, who was trained by Afghan militants to hijack plane from the Lokopriyo Gopinath International Airport here. Police claimed Ulfa was conspiring to hijack the plane to Rawalpindi via Thimphu and Kathmandu. Ulfa, however, denied it had any such plans.
Bordoloi, a member of the People���s Consultative Group (PCG), formed by Ulfa to facilitate peace talks with the Centre, was arrested on Monday morning from Moran in Dibrugarh district while he was coming here from Tinsukia in a bus. Police seized a laptop and two CDs from his house here. Bordoloi also heads the rights group MASS.
Dutta, a resident of Azara area near the airport from where Tamuly was picked up on Saturday, was arrested from his residence. Air Deccan officials, however, refused to comment on the arrest.
Police were also interrogating senior advocate Nekibur Zaman in this connection as Tamuly had also mentioned his name.
Zaman���s mobile phone was seized and he was currently being treated in a hospital as he suffered an injury. Bordoloi told reporters his arrest was made to derail the ���peace process initiated by the PCG and to divert the attention of the people from peace talks���.
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Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said security forces are taking measures against insurgent activities.
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