Chetia released on bail in Assam
PTI
ULFA general secretary Golap Baruah, alias Anup Chetia, was released yesterday from the Guwahati Central Jail after obtaining bail in four cases registered against him, reports PTI. Anup Chetia had on Wednesday got bail in the last of the four cases against him paving the way for his release from the jail.
Emerging from the jail, the ULFA leader told journalists that he will participate in the peace talks. Anup Chetia said that he was in favour the ongoing peace talks between the central government and ULFA for restoring peace in Assam.
Many quarters have suspected that as in 1992 we will not continue with the talks with the government. I want to sincerely say that the political times then have changed today and have made us think afresh, Anup Chetia said.
I will be a part of the ongoing tripartite talks among the ULFA, central and Assam governments to resolve the insurgency issue, he said.
On the role of his former colleague and now ULFA (Independent) commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah in the peace talks, Chetia said, The contributions of Paresh Baruah have to be acknowledged in taking forward our revolution during the last three decades. It is sad that he is not a part of the peace talks.
Following his extradition on November 11, 2015, Anup Chetia was arrested by the CBI in Delhi in connection with a murder in Golaghat.
Anup Chetia was handed over to India by Bangladesh where he was in jail since his arrest by the countrys police in 1997 on charges of cross-border intrusion, carrying fake passports and illegally keeping foreign currencies.
