GUWAHATI, July 29 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced that the Government would take care of the treatment of ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah if he surrenders. Talking to mediapersons here today, Gogoi said admitted that the Government does not have conformed news of the sickness of the ULFA leader. “We have seen media reports in this regard, but we are not in a position to confirm or deny the reports.”
Gogoi said that the DHD(J) has expressed its desire to come forward for talks but the Government would take the final decision in this regard in consultation with the Centre. The Union Home Secretary GK Pillai is scheduled to arrive in the state tomorrow and the issue will be discussed, he added. He said that the militant group has submitted a list of weapons and that would have to be verified.
The Chief Minister, who is also in charge of the Home Department said, though the militant groups are lying low for some time, the forces would have to remain alert as “we cannot become complacent.”
Meanwhile, the reports of Paresh Baruah’s sickness have given rise to speculations as the police is still not ready to confirm the reports.
State DGP GM Srivastava, when contacted, said that he is still not in a position to comment on the reports.
However, security sources said that Baruah fell sick when he went to Myanmar to attend a meeting with Manipur-based militant group PLA. Security agencies today received a report that Baruah is being shifted to a base of the PLA in Manipur in an area bordering Myanmar so that doctors can be taken to that area for his treatment. However, the reports could not be confirmed, security sources said.
Our Spl Correspondent adds from Delhi: The Centre, meanwhile, said that it has no information so far about the detention of Paresh Baruah by the Bangladesh Government.
“We have no information so far regarding arrest of ULFA C-in-C by the Bangladesh Government,” said External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in reply to a question by Dr Thokchom Meinya in Lok Sabha.
The issue has been taken up regularly with Government of Bangladesh, including presence of Indian insurgent groups. They have assured that they would not allow the Bangladesh territory for activities inimical to India. ASSAM TRIBUNE
Gogoi said that the DHD(J) has expressed its desire to come forward for talks but the Government would take the final decision in this regard in consultation with the Centre. The Union Home Secretary GK Pillai is scheduled to arrive in the state tomorrow and the issue will be discussed, he added. He said that the militant group has submitted a list of weapons and that would have to be verified.
The Chief Minister, who is also in charge of the Home Department said, though the militant groups are lying low for some time, the forces would have to remain alert as “we cannot become complacent.”
Meanwhile, the reports of Paresh Baruah’s sickness have given rise to speculations as the police is still not ready to confirm the reports.
State DGP GM Srivastava, when contacted, said that he is still not in a position to comment on the reports.
However, security sources said that Baruah fell sick when he went to Myanmar to attend a meeting with Manipur-based militant group PLA. Security agencies today received a report that Baruah is being shifted to a base of the PLA in Manipur in an area bordering Myanmar so that doctors can be taken to that area for his treatment. However, the reports could not be confirmed, security sources said.
Our Spl Correspondent adds from Delhi: The Centre, meanwhile, said that it has no information so far about the detention of Paresh Baruah by the Bangladesh Government.
“We have no information so far regarding arrest of ULFA C-in-C by the Bangladesh Government,” said External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in reply to a question by Dr Thokchom Meinya in Lok Sabha.
The issue has been taken up regularly with Government of Bangladesh, including presence of Indian insurgent groups. They have assured that they would not allow the Bangladesh territory for activities inimical to India. ASSAM TRIBUNE
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