Chitrabon Hazarika

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]

Chitrabon Hazarika
Born
Jakhalabandha,
Nagaon, Assam
Criminal statusArrested
SpousePranati Deka
Criminal chargeWaging war against India,
Possessing illegal arms and cash.[1]

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.

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).

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.”

See also

References
  1. "Assam unveils Ulfa leaders". The Morung Express. Nov 8, 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  2. "ULFA's bag of tricks". NDTV. November 18, 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Ulfa families to move court". Kolkata: The Telegraph. Nov 6, 2009. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. 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". Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  8. Gokhle, Nitin A. (Sep 22, 1997). "The Garden Route To Ulfa". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 6 December 2009.


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