Talks with Ulfa will take place in due course: Home secretary

The Centre today said that Ulfa leaders, who surrendered today, will have to face judicial process as several cases were pending against them and talks with the militant outfit will take place in "due course".

"(Arabinda) Rajkhowa and Raju Baruah have surrendered and then they were arrested. They are now in Guwahati. They will be produced in a court," home secretary GK Pillai told reporters when asked about the fate of the Ulfa leaders, who surrendered along the Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya. "They have just surrendered, everything will take place in due course," he said.

His comments came when asked about the possibility of holding peace talks with the militant group following the surrender of Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, deputy commander-in-chief Raju Baruah and eight others.

Asked about the fate of the family members of Rajkhowa and others, Pillai said as no cases were pending against the family members, they were free to go. "Families are free," he said.