Chitrabon Hazarika

Chitrabon Hazarika
Chitrabon Hazarika
Born Jakhalabandha,
Nagaon, Assam
Charge(s) Waging war against India,
Possessing illegal arms and cash.[1]
Status Arrested
Spouse Pranati Deka

Chitrabon Hazarika (Assamese: চিত্ৰবন হাজৰীকা) is the Finance Secretary of the banned outfit 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 outfit.[5][7][8]

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Arrest

On Sunday night, November 1, 2009, some unidentified gunman took Hazarika, along with the outfit’s foreign secretary Sashadhar Choudhury away from a house in sector 3 of Uttara in Dhaka.[6][9] 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][9] on the night of November 4. They were handed over to Assam Police on November 6 by the BSF.[1] But according the Assam Police, the leaders surrendered before BSF in Tripura fleeing the crackdown against them in Bangladesh.[9]

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).[9]

Reaction

On November 9, 2009 ULFA called for a 12-hour Assam bandh from 6 am demanding their unconditional release.[1][9] 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.”[9]

See also

  • List of top leaders of ULFA
  • Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
  • People's Consultative Group

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Assam unveils Ulfa leaders". The Morung Express. (Nov 8, 2009). http://www.morungexpress.com/regional/37209.html. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "ULFA's bag of tricks". NDTV. (Wednesday, November 18, 2009). http://www.ndtv.com/news/blogs/heart_of_the_matter/ulfas_bag_of_tricks.php. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Karmakar, Rahul (Dec 05, 2009). "ULFA’s Paresh Baruah fights a lone battle". Guwahati: Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/guwahati/ULFA-s-Paresh-Baruah-fights-a-lone-battle/483167/H1-Article1-483134.aspx. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  4. ^ "ULFA Chief Rajkhowa, Raju Baruah to be produced before Court". News4u. (Dec 05, 2009). http://news4u.co.in/?p=45702. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  5. ^ a b c "ULFA trying to shift base to China: Gogoi". The Morung Express. (Nov 23, 2009). http://www.morungexpress.com/regional/38232.html. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  6. ^ a b "Ulfa families to move court". Kolkata: The Telegraph. (Friday , Nov 06 , 2009). http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091106/jsp/frontpage/story_11706373.jsp. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  7. ^ Kaleem, Javed Iqbal (Feb 11, 2008). "Profile of Insurgency in North East India: Ang Ang bharat ka toot raha hai". http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian/browse_thread/thread/5ac2f0f485a8ba1f. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  8. ^ Gokhle, Nitin A. (Sep 22, 1997). "The Garden Route To Ulfa". Outlookindia.com. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?204250. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Two ULFA leaders produced in court". The Hindu. (Sunday, Nov 08, 2009). http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/11/08/stories/2009110855751000.htm. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
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