Aditya Bora, one of the leading Ulfa figures in Assam who was arrested by the Orissa police on Saturday, was on an `5 lakh contract to train Maoist cadres in Orissa and Jharkhand. His task was to train in the rebels in warfare against the combat forces, Rourkela superintendent of police Diptesh Patnaik told reporters on Sunday.
“Aditya belongs to Cha Jana Suraksha Ghosthi of Assam. He was a one of the founder members of United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) in Assam. He left Ulfa a few years ago and joined the Maoist organisation. He was sent on a three-month mission to Jharkhand and Orissa to train local cadres here,” Mr Patnaik said. The SP added that during interrogation Bora admitted that he had come to meet Kishenji to discuss future course of action. “During interrogation, Bora said he had he had come to meet Kishenji. We are trying to probe if he has any links with any other leaders here,” he said.
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Can share Swiss account details of Indians: Envoy
New Delhi, Feb. 13: Switzerland is willing to share information on Indians holding secret bank accounts there as part of New Delhi’s effort to bring back an estimated $1.4 trillion black money in tax havens abroad, the country’s envoy Philippe Welti has said. “We now have an agreement with the government of India. Under it if the government sends us a request, we will comply and provide the necessary information, which is asked of us,” Mr Welti said. “Now there is awareness in my country that people in India think that our country is used to hide tax-evaded money. That’s why Switzerland has decided that whenever a request for information is sent, it would be provided under tax fraud and evasion,” he added.
“I do understand this is a sensitive case in India, and Switzerland is ready to fully cooperate within the legal framework of our signed agreement,” he said, adding that a reworked treaty with India on double taxation will help further after ratification.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had said that secrecy clauses in India’s treaties with other countries were preventing the government from disclosing the names of Indians with black money abroad.
—IANS