DHAKA: Leader of India’s separatist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Anup Chetia has been deported to India on Wednesday.

Ministry of home affairs informed banglanews about the development.

Alongside Anup Chetia, his two accomplices Babul Sharma and Shakti Prasad were also handed over to Indian authorities.

Later, home minister, at a press briefing, said that as the India separatist leader has already completed his sentence handed down by Bangladesh court.

He was handed over to India through its embassy, the minister added.

Regarding the ULFA leader’s writ petition with the High Court against his deportation, the minister said Anup Chetia has been deported according to his wish.

The ULFA foundering general secretary was arrested in Dhaka in 1997 and came under detention on completion of a seven-year jail term for intrusion, carrying fake passports and illegally keeping foreign currencies.

On October 23, 2013, the extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India came into effect with the handing over of the instruments of ratification of the much-awaited pact.

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