From The Times of IndiaTNN, Jul 29, 2010, 12.11am IST
Tags:west garo hills|ulfa|meghalaya
GUWAHATI: BSF personnel on Wednesday nabbed an Ulfa rebel in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya while he was trying to infiltrate into India from Bangladesh.
A BSF spokesman said the apprehended militant, Colombus Marak of Ulfa's 109 battalion, had escaped from Tura jail in 2008. "Colombus underwent training in Bhutan in 2003 after which he was sent to operate in the Garo Hills. He was engaged in large scale extortion in the Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya boundary," he added.
Earlier, Marak was arrested by Meghalaya Police and was lodged in Tura jail. After 13 days, he escaped from prison along with other inmates in a daring jailbreak. Since then, he was at large, said the spokesman.
In West Garo Hills, BSF personnel of Mahendraganj border outpost also apprehended an Ulfa linkman, Golzim A Sangma. On Tuesday, BSF also seized fake Indian currency notes in a special operation in the Boreralga ghat area of Dhubri district from an Indian national. The BSF spokesman said fake notes worth Rs 6,000 and genuine currency worth Rs 24,000 and a cellphone were found in the possession of the accused identified as Mandal Seikh of South Salmara.
"On Monday, we had apprehended an Indian national near Balajan More in the district along with fake currency worth Rs 25, 500. The person has been identified as Nazhul Haque Sarkar (22) of Golakganj. We have handed both the persons along with the seized items to the department concerned," the BSF spokesman said.
BSF jawans of Assam and Meghalaya Frontier have also seized 36 cattleheads and contraband items meant for smuggling out to Bangladesh in the state's Dhubri district and hilly areas of Meghalaya. "These items were being smuggled out to Bangladesh. The estimated cost of the seized items is worth Rs 6, 97,000 and they have been handed over to the concerned department," he added.
A BSF spokesman said the apprehended militant, Colombus Marak of Ulfa's 109 battalion, had escaped from Tura jail in 2008. "Colombus underwent training in Bhutan in 2003 after which he was sent to operate in the Garo Hills. He was engaged in large scale extortion in the Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya boundary," he added.
Earlier, Marak was arrested by Meghalaya Police and was lodged in Tura jail. After 13 days, he escaped from prison along with other inmates in a daring jailbreak. Since then, he was at large, said the spokesman.
In West Garo Hills, BSF personnel of Mahendraganj border outpost also apprehended an Ulfa linkman, Golzim A Sangma. On Tuesday, BSF also seized fake Indian currency notes in a special operation in the Boreralga ghat area of Dhubri district from an Indian national. The BSF spokesman said fake notes worth Rs 6,000 and genuine currency worth Rs 24,000 and a cellphone were found in the possession of the accused identified as Mandal Seikh of South Salmara.
"On Monday, we had apprehended an Indian national near Balajan More in the district along with fake currency worth Rs 25, 500. The person has been identified as Nazhul Haque Sarkar (22) of Golakganj. We have handed both the persons along with the seized items to the department concerned," the BSF spokesman said.
BSF jawans of Assam and Meghalaya Frontier have also seized 36 cattleheads and contraband items meant for smuggling out to Bangladesh in the state's Dhubri district and hilly areas of Meghalaya. "These items were being smuggled out to Bangladesh. The estimated cost of the seized items is worth Rs 6, 97,000 and they have been handed over to the concerned department," he added.
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