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Separatist Jibon not yet captured

Dhaka says to Delhi's deport request

Kailash Sarkar
Bangladeshi intelligence agencies have claimed absconding Indian separatist leader Jibon Singh is not in Bangladesh even though West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had asked Bangladesh CID to deport him in exchange for Bangladeshi criminals captured in India.
Officials of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and CID said they have been hunting down Jibon Singh, a leader of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), an insurgent organisation of Assam, since West Bengal CID sent letters to Bangladesh CID in December. 2007 for his arrest and deportation. Rab and CID claimed they searched for Jibon after receiving the letters but they could not find him.
On February 2, the CID arrested Mohammad Hossain Shiplu, a Bangladeshi aide to Jibon Singh, from the capital’s Azimpur. Shiplu is the son of Abul Hossain, a handicraft businessman of DCC Market in Gulshan.
The CID arrested him in connection with the theft of the Nobel Prize medal of poet Rabindranath Tagore and Shiplu’s close relations with Jibon.
After the arrest, Rab conducted raids at the DCC Market searching for the medal. They also grilled Sltiplu several times but neither the medal nor Jibon Singh was found.
Rab Additional Director General (ADG) Col Gulzar Uddin Ahmed yesterday told The Daily Star, "Wc have checked out all the links given by Shiplu about Jibon Singh. We could not found him."
"We have no information about his presence in the country," the Rab ADG said adding that their search will continue.
An official of the CID told The DailyStar, "The Indian CID at least six months ago provided CID with all the documents of the cases filed against Jibon Singh. We also sent them to police stations across the country through the Police Headquarters."
The CID official said Jibon is accused in at least seven cases filed in connection with murder, detonating explosives, illegal arms and subversive activities.
He said they have not received any letters about Jibon from the Indian authorities since December, 2007.
"Jibon Singh is a big fish compared to Bangladeshi criminals arrested in India," the CID official Said.
"Since there is no extradition treaty between the two countries. West Bengal CID deported eight Bangladeshi criminals on the basis of our friendly relationship,” the CID official said, adding, "If West Bengal
CID does not want to deport Bangladeshi criminals, we have nothingtodo."
He, however, said the procedures of deporting Dakat Shahid to Bangladesh is almost done while the deportations of Tanvirul Islam Joy and I laris Uddin are in the pipeline.
West Bengal CID deported eight Bangladeshi criminals including Sanjidul Islam Imon, Rafiq, Ishaq, Babul alias Jewel who Ls a close accomplice of Tanvirul Islam Joy, Habibur Rahman Taj, Ibrahim and Lamba Selim during the last six months.
According to sources, at least 350 to 400 Bangladeshi criminals are hiding in India while a number of Indian criminals arc also staying in Bangladesh. Law enforcement agencies of both the countries already arrested a number of them.
During meetings between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Border Security Force (BSF) in October, the two countries had exchanged lists of their wanted criminals.