Bangladesh may deport Ulfa leader

New Delhi (PTI): Bangladesh is likely to deport jailed Ulfa leader Anup Chetia to India as he sought his repatriation along with two other detained members of the outfit after languishing 16 years in jail, officials said on Friday. "Wait (and see)," home minister Mahiuddin Khan Alamgir told PTI without elaborating as asked exactly when Chetia was expected to be deported. But a home ministry official preferring anonymity said the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) leader was shifted to Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of Dhaka on Friday as his petition was being reviewed for necessary actions. The Ulfa's founder general secretary sought asylum in Bangladesh thrice in 2005, 2008 and in 2011 after Bangladesh police arrested him in December 1997 and was subsequently handed down seven years of jail terms by two courts for cross-border intrusion, carrying fake passports and illegally keeping foreign currencies. Despite the expiry of his term, Chetia was in jail under a 2003 HC directive asking authorities to keep him in safe custody until a decision was taken on his asylum plea.