NDFB chief held in Bangladesh, handed to India

SHILLONG - Ranjan Daimary, founder of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), has been reportedly arrested in Bangladesh and handed over to India where he is wanted for ordering bomb attacks, a police officer said Saturday.

A senior intelligence official said that Bangladesh Rifles handed over Daimary, who is also chairman of NDFB, to the Border Security Force (BSF) at Dawki in Meghalaya Friday night. The BSF then handed him over to the Assam Police.

“Yes, we have heard about Daimary being handed over to the BSF, but I have not received any official information about it,” Meghalaya Director General of Police S.B. Kakati told IANS.