Assam Militants Still in Bangalore

By M G Chetan

Bangalore, Nov 4 : Bangalore police were too happy to have arrested a number of alleged militants from the Northeast, but now it's proving to be more of a trouble for them.

The police from the Northeastern states haven't arrive in the city yet to take the arrested militants into custody.

A source in the police department said the terrorists in custody needed to be guarded round-the-clock.

They have to be handled with utmost care when they are sick and have to be provided food that suit them.

This has turned into a headache for the city police.

Recently, the city police nabbed B Jangila alias Jonah Basumatari alias Bakra, Upen Basumatary alias Upenra, Samar Brahma, Uttam Kumar Basumatary and Sanjay Singh Meitei in Whitefield.

All the accused belong to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, a banned militant outfit of Assam.

Though they were nabbed on October 28, the police concerned from Assam have not arrived yet.

A senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, said the police from the Northeast were very keen on providing intelligence inputs regarding the militants who had taken refugee in the city.

But once the militants were nabbed, the police concerned are delaying their move to take them into custody, he said.

"Northeastern police are fed up with handling cases related to militants, whereas the police from other parts of the country deal with terrorism with utmost priority," said the officer. "Daily, they nab and interrogate many terrorists. They are not excited by one or two arrests."

A source said lack of resources was one reason for the delay in their arrival.

The mode of travel also matters in this regard and all states do not permit police to take flights to bring the arrested persons, he said.

City's Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar said sometimes the police concerned reach the city late as there are certain formalities to be fulfilled.