Assam

NDFB (P) leader B Detsung Passes away

Pratidin Bureau

Pro-talk NDFB (P) leader B Detsung alias Janardan Basumatarydied on Monday after a brief illness.

Datsung, the finance secretary of the NDFB (P), has beenailing for last several months and underwent treatment at Udalguri andGuwahati. He hails from Udalguri district. In 2018, he was rushed to MedantaMedicity Hospital at Gurgaon in New Delhi after he complained severe cough andother problems.

Detsung joined the Bodo rebel outfit in in 1992 andunderwent arms training in Bhutan. He was arrested by the Bhutan Army onDecember 15, 2003 during Operation All Clear launched by Bhutan in associationwith Indian Army.

He was later released from jail when NDFB (P) joined peacetalks with the central government in 2005.

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