NDFB (P)
NDFB (P) leader B Detsung

Pro-talk NDFB (P) leader B Detsung alias Janardan Basumatary has been admitted to a hospital in New Delhi on Friday after he complained severe cough and other problems.

Datsung, the finance secretary of the NDFB (P), has been ailing for last several months and underwent treatment at Udalguri and Guwahati. He hails from Udalguri district.

He was rushed to Medanta Medicity Hospital at Gurgaon in New Delhi after the doctors at Guwahati advised to shift him to Delhi for advance treatment as his condition was deteriorated recently.

Detsung joined the Bodo rebel outfit in in 1992 and underwent arms training in Bhutan. He was arrested by the Bhutan Army on December 15, 2003 during Operation All Clear launched by Bhutan in association with Indian Army.

He was later released from jail when NDFB (P) joined peace talks with the Central government in 2005.

Rinoy Basumatary is Northeast Now Correspondent in Kokrajhar. He can be reached at: [email protected]