Arrest warrant against dead militant

GUWAHATI: A day after former Ulfa rebel Dhruba Jyoti Talukdar's decomposed body was found by city police, the designated TADA court on Wednesday issued an "arrest warrant" against him.
The non-bailable arrest warrant was issued as he couldn't be present before the TADA court which was slated to give judgment on Wednesday in the Giridharilal Harlalka killing case, where Dhruba Jyoti was a prime accused.The warrant was issued against the deceased as police are yet to file the "death report" of him before court.
"The court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant as Dhruba Jyoti was absent during trail. Though we came to know that he is dead, police are yet to file the report before court. The next hearing in the case has been fixed on April 25. Police have been asked o furnish Dhruba Jyoti's status report before that," said counsel of the accused, Pranab Das.
Apart from Dhruba Jyoti, the other accused in the case were Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, vice- chairman Pradip Gogoi and former foreign secretary Munin Nobis. Giridharilal Harlalka, former Kamrup Chamber of Commerce president, was allegedly killed by Ulfa militants on October 15, 1988, in the Fancy Bazar area.
Earlier on March 29, the TADA court completed the hearing in the case.
Meanwhile, City Police are leaving no stone unturned to find the motive behind the gruesome murder of Dhruba Jyoti. Though police are yet to arrest Mithun, another accused I the case, police said the murder was executed for his assets.