Assam: Arabinda Rajkhow, chairman of separatist rebels of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) has been arrested by Bangladesh security forces
Bangladeshi security forces have placed a leader of a separatist group from India’s north-east under house arrest, officials of both countries said.
The chairman of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa), Arabinda Rajkhowa, and his family have been living in the capital, Dhaka.
There are unconfirmed reports that Bangladeshi forces have held two more Indian rebel leaders.
The Ulfa rebels have fought for a separate Assamese homeland since 1979.