GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Bangladesh handed the founder of a militant separatist group to India on Wednesday, intelligence sources said, a rebel leader that for years New Delhi had fought to extradite.
Anup Chetia founded the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) more than three decades ago and had been imprisoned in Bangladesh for the last 18 years after being charged with staying in the country illegally and unlawful possession of foreign currencies.
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