Arabinda Rajkhowa

Arabinda Rajkhowa
ULFA Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa (right-side).
Born
Rajib Rajkonwar

1956
Ujoni Konwargaon, Lakwa
Sibsagar, Assam
Other namesMijanur Rahman Choudhury
Criminal statusFreed
SpouseKaveri Kachari[1][2]
Children2

Arabinda Rajkhowa (born Rajib Rajkonwar), alias Mijanur Rahman Choudhury, is the former chairman of ULFA and the current head of ULFA pro-talks faction under which signed a peace accord with the Centre and the Assam government in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma solve the problem of insurgency in the region.

He is one of the founder members of the group.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He was also the Vice-President of the Indo-Burma Revolutionary Front.[9] He was a leader of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), a radical students' group in Assam, before he founded ULFA.[2]

  1. ^ "Top ULFA leaders produced in court, in police remand". The Sentinel. 7 November 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "ULFA Chief Rajkhowa, Raju Baruah to be produced before Court". News4u. 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  3. ^ Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (2 December 2009). "ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa arrested in Bangladesh". Expressindia.com. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  4. ^ "ULFA chief held in Bangladesh; deportation likely". Zeenews.com. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  5. ^ PTI (6 December 2009). "Arabinda Rajkhowa's brother wants to take custody of wife and children". DNA India. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  6. ^ Kaleem, Javed Iqbal (11 February 2008). "Ang ang Bharat ka toot raha hain". Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  7. ^ "United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) - Terrorist Group of Assam". Archived from the original on 17 November 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  8. ^ Hussain, Syed Zarir (3 December 2009). "Rajkhowa: One of India's most wanted". Express buzz. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  9. ^ "Who's afraid of the ULFA?". Indianexpress.com. 13 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2009.