Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Home Minister P Chidambaram said the leaders of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) would be treated with dignity as and when peace talks take place with them.
"On information that BSF has apprehended two or three people on the border of Meghalaya and Bangladesh, a team of police officers from Assam went there and took (them into) custody," he said.
After their identities were established, Assam police apprehended them as they were wanted in connection with many cases, he said. New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI) Government today said ULFA top leader Arabinda Rajkhowa was "apprehended" by the BSF on Meghalaya-Bangladesh border and later arrested by Assam Police as he was wanted in connection with several cases.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Home Minister P Chidambaram said the leaders of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) would be treated with dignity as and when peace talks take place with them.
"On information that BSF has apprehended two or three people on the border of Meghalaya and Bangladesh, a team of police officers from Assam went there and took (them into) custody," he said.
After their identities were established, Assam police apprehended them as they were wanted in connection with many cases, he said.