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Anup Chetia appears in court

By Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, Dec 28 - ULFA leader Anup Chetia today appeared before the designed court here at Guwahati in connection with the six TADA cases pending against him.

Charges were also framed against the ULFA leader in connection with all the six cases in which he was declared an absconder.

Bail petitions were filed for Chetia by advocates Bijon Kumar Mahajan and Arshad Choudhury after which the designated Court granted the bail petitions against a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh with two sureties of the like amount.

The public prosecutor too informed the Court that the State Government had no objection if the accused was granted bail keeping in view the interest of the ongoing peace process. The six cases include high-profile murders of Girdharilal Goenka and Shabnab Kalita by the ULFA.

The Court has also fixed January 20, 21 and 23 as the dates for evidence.

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