Prabal Neog (
Assamese: প্ৰৱাল নেওগ), aliases Benudhar Bora
and Amar Moran,
is an ex-commander of the
28th Battalion of
ULFA
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is an armed separatist insurgent organisation, that operates in the Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent sovereign nation state of Assam for the indigenous Assamese people thro ...
, the banned militant outfit of Assam. Neog baceme commander of 28th Battalion of ULFA in 2002 after the death of the battalion's founding commander
Tapan Baruah
Tapan Baruah ( Assamese: তপন বৰুৱা) (real name Madan Das) was the first Commander of 28th Battalion of ULFA. Killed on 20 May 2002, Tapan Baruah was widely known as a skilled hardcore militant in guerrilla warfare in the outlawe ...
alias Madan Das.
Neog hails from Lesenga village at
Makum
Makum (IPA: mɑːkəm) is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district in the Indian state of Assam. It should not be mistaken for Makum Pathar (the place near Digboi where, crude oil was first struck in Asia). It is the meeting point ...
in
Tinsukia
Tinsukia (Pron: ˌtɪnˈsʊkiə) is an industrial city. It is situated north-east of Guwahati and away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. Tinsukia serves as the headquarters of the Moran Autonomous Council, which is the governing counci ...
district of Assam. His wife Bonti Lahon, who is also said to be an ULFA cadre, hails from
Moran
Moran may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Moran Bluff, Marie Byrd Land
* Moran Buttress, Marie Byrd Land
* Moran Glacier, Alexander Island
Asia
* Moran Town, Assam, India
* Moran, Israel, a kibbutz
* Moran Hill, North Korea
* Moran Station, a s ...
in
Dibrugarh
Dibrugarh () is a city in the Indian state of Assam, located 435 kms east of the state capital Dispur. It serves as the headquarters of the Dibrugarh district in Upper Assam. Dibrugarh also serves as the headquarters of the Sonowal Kach ...
district. He joined the outfit in 1988 and was trained in guerrilla operations in Myanmar. Before his militancy life, he was the vice-president of ''Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad'', Tinsukia district unit.
Arrest and release
On 17 September 2008, police arrested Neog along with his wife and son from
Tezpur
Tezpur () is a city in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities.
History
Tezpur was under the rule of the Koch dynasty ...
.
He was carrying about Rs 2.8 lakh in cash but no arms or any incriminating document was recovered from him at the time of his arrest.
On 23 July 2008, he was released from the Dibrugarh Central Jail.
Now he is one of the leaders of the Pro-talk ULFA.
Charges
He is said to be the main planner and the key executor of the killings of Hindi-speaking people in Assam. Besides, according to police, he was also involved in a large number of bomb blasts and almost all major extortion operations in the state.
See also
*
List of top leaders of ULFA
This is a list of top United Liberation Front of Assam leaders. Some of them are founder members and 16 are from the Central Committee, the supreme authority of decision-making of the outfit.
Political wing
Military Wing
See also
*ULFA
* S ...
*
Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
Sanjukta Mukti Fouj (SMF) ( Assamese: সংযুক্ত মুক্তি ফৌজ) is the military wing of the banned outfit ULFA in Assam, India. It was formed on March 16, 1996 and it has three full-fledged battalions – the 7th, 28th a ...
*
28th Battalion (ULFA)
The 28th Battalion, also known as the Kashmir Camp for its ferocity, was ULFA's dreaded and most potent strike unit, key to the outfit's activities in the districts of Upper Assam. The battalion headquarters were based somewhere in eastern Myan ...
References
People from Tinsukia district
Living people
ULFA members
Year of birth missing (living people)
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