Chitrabon Hazarika | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Criminal status | Arrested |
| Spouse | Pranati Deka |
| Criminal charge | Waging war against India, Possessing illegal arms and cash. [1] |
Chitrabon Hazarika ( Assamese: চিত্ৰবন হাজৰিকা) is the Finance Secretary of the banned group ULFA, Assam. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He has also been holding the additional charge of general secretary since Anup Chetia’s arrest in 1997. [5] A commerce graduate [2] he hails from Jakhalabandha in Nagaon district of Assam. [6] He is married to Pranati Deka, the arrested Cultural Secretary of the group. [5] [7] [8]
Arrest
On Sunday night, November 1, 2009, some unidentified gunman took Hazarika, along with the group’s foreign secretary Sashadhar Choudhury away from a house in sector 3 of Uttara in Dhaka. [6] Later they were pushed back to the Indo-Bangladesh Border [1] where they were detained by BSF in Tripura while trying to infiltrate [1] [3] on the night of November 4. They were handed over to Assam Police on November 6 by the BSF. [1] But according to the Assam Police, the leaders surrendered before BSF in Tripura fleeing the crackdown against them in Bangladesh.[ citation needed]
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, the Special Operation Unit of the Assam police produced Choudhury and Hazarika before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (Metropolitan).[ citation needed]
Reaction
On November 9, 2009 ULFA called for a 12-hour Assam bandh from 6 am demanding their unconditional release. [1] ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, in a statement issued through e-mail, described the two leaders’ arrest as a “ploy to sabotage the process of finding a political solution to the problem and destroy ULFA militarily.”[ citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Assam unveils Ulfa leaders". The Morung Express. Nov 8, 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "ULFA's bag of tricks". NDTV. November 18, 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ a b Karmakar, Rahul (Dec 5, 2009). "ULFA's Paresh Baruah fights a lone battle". Guwahati: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "ULFA Chief Rajkhowa, Raju Baruah to be produced before Court". News4u. Dec 5, 2009. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "ULFA trying to shift base to China: Gogoi". The Morung Express. Nov 23, 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Ulfa families to move court". Kolkata: The Telegraph. Nov 6, 2009. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ Kaleem, Javed Iqbal (Feb 11, 2008). "Profile of Insurgency in North East India: Ang Ang bharat ka toot raha hai". Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ Gokhle, Nitin A. (Sep 22, 1997). "The Garden Route To Ulfa". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
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