Topic: Assam
A bomb at a crowded marketplace killed four people on Thursday in India's insurgency-racked northeastern state of Assam, police said. The blast ripped through the market near a police station and army base camp in the town of Missamari, around 220 kilometres (140 miles) north of Assam's main city Guwahati. Witnesses and police officials said four people died ...
A rebel leader from India's northeast whose group is blamed for more than 500 bomb blasts in the last three decades has been arrested in Bangladesh and transferred to India, an official said Friday. Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), was arrested this week in Dhaka, along with the group's deputy military chief ...
Key separatist leaders from India's northeast have been arrested in Bangladesh and handed over to Indian authorities, a security official told AFP Friday. Chairman of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Arabinda Rajkhowa, was arrested this week in Dhaka along with the group's deputy military chief, a body guard and seven family members. "Bangladesh has handed over the ...
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - A top rebel leader from India's northeast surrendered Friday, police said, but peace in the troubled region remained elusive with the group's powerful military wing chief still holding out. Police said Arabinda Rajkhowa, chief of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), was arrested after he turned himself in near India's border with ...
