Guwahati: Manas Chaliha alias ‘ghora’, the main accused in the ULFA (I) snooping case, has been arrested by police from West Bengal's Alipurduar. Chaliha, who is from Dergaon, has allegedly sent spies into the ULFA (I) camp.
After the arrest on Saturday, Chaliha was produced to Alipurduar court. According to sources, Guwahati City Police will soon take Manas on transit remand. Several cases of fraud were registered against Manas Chaliha at different police stations in Guwahati. According to police, Chaliha had duped Rs 8.5 lakh from Pradeep Kumar Medhi in 2022. Medhi filed a case of cheating at Dispur police station in this regard. The case was not investigated at that time but the file in this case has now been opened.
Medhi got introduced to Manas Chaliha through Facebook when he quit his job to start his own business. The man got lured on the pretext of doing potato business and gave Rs 8.5 lakh to Manas Chaliha but neither the potato business started nor did he get back the money. Finally, Medhi approached the police. The police did not investigate the case then but after several complaints were lodged against Manas Chaliha, the police opened the old files.
