Final hearing on missing militants

Guwahati, Aug 5: The final hearing on the case of missing ULFA and NDFB militant begun at the Gauhati High Court on August 3. The militants have gone missing since the ‘Operation All Clear’ of the Royal Bhutan Army in December 2003.

Additional Solicitor General B K Singh urged a Division Bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice P Kotoky to provide the list of missing militants handed over by Bhutan government after the operations. The list has not been made public due to security reasons.

Amicus curiae P K Goswami said that the list must be made public since the issue is associated with the human rights.
 
The Central and state governments had submitted the details of the operation provided by the government of Bhutan before the High Court on June 30.

A writ petition was filed at the court last year by the wives of missing ULFA militants demanding publicizing the whereabouts of their husbands. It was reported earlier that many of these missing militants were handed over to the Indian authorities by the Bhutan government. Bhutan News Service