Drishti Rajkhowa

Drishti Rajkhowa
Born
Manoj Rabha

Rongjuli, Goalpara, Assam, India
Other namesDrishti Asom[1]
Years active1988-2020
OrganizationUnited Liberation Front of Asom (Independent)
Parent(s)Dhaneswar Rabha, Sushuila Rabha, killed by secret killers[2]

Drishti Rajkhowa (Assamese: দৃষ্টি ৰাজখোৱা) alias Drishti Asom, (Real name: Manoj Rabha)[3] was the Commander of the 109 battalion of ULFA until 2011, the banned outlawed group of Assam. He is said to be one of the close confidantes of the group's commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah and an RPG expert.[4] He is also a central committee member of the group.[5] In November 2011, ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah ranked up him as the Deputy commander-in-chief along with Bijay Das alias Bijay Chinese, forming a new central committee after Arabinda Rajkhowa and his followers involved with Lateral talk to GoI.[6]

  1. ^ "Arabinda Rajkhowa & his faction to be Expelled soon – Paresh Baruah to fight long battle". Times of Assam. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ Talukdar, Mrinal (2009). Secret killings of Assam : the horror tales from the land of red river and blue hills (1st ed.). Guwahati: Nanda Talukdar Foundation. ISBN 9788189479510.
  3. ^ "Who are with Paresh Baruah there in Bangladesh". Times of Assam. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Rocket lady collapses". North East Enquirer. 7–12 May 2003. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  5. ^ Anand, Manoj (29 November 2009). "Bangla promises more on Ulfa". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  6. ^ "ULFA Hardliner forms new Central Committee – Arabinda Rajkhowa & Raju Baruah Expelled". Times of Assam. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.