Mithinga Daimary
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Mithinga Daimary was the Central Publicity Secretary of the banned outfit ULFA since the previous publicity secretary Siddhartha Phukan's surrender in 1992. He was born in Barama village in Nalbari
Nalbari
Nalbari is a city and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian state of Assam. Nalbari is headquarter of Nalbari District.-Education:...

 district of Assam on May 17, 1967 with the birth name Jatin Das.

Education

Daimary joined B Barooah College in Guwahati
Guwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...

 in 1986. But he could not complete his graduation since he joined ULFA in the same year and went underground. Later he became the Central Publicity Secretary of the outfit.

Arrest

He was captured by the Royal Bhutan Army
Royal Bhutan Army
The Royal Bhutan Army , or RBA, is a branch of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Bhutan responsible for maintaining the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty against security threats. The King of Bhutan is the Supreme Commander in Chief of the RBA...

 during the Operation All Clear in December 2003. He was handed over by Bhutan to the Indian Army who in turn handed him over to Assam Police on December 20, 2003. ‘‘I will not surrender before the government and will fight to the end,’’ said Daimay in a show of defiance when produced before the Chief Judicial Megistrate of Nalbari. He further said that the Bhutanese operation was quite unexpected. He is now in Guwahati Jail since his arrest. Apurba Baruah became his successor after his arrest.

Charges

Cases registered against Daimary in various Police Statons are:
Police Station Charges
Belsor PS (Nalbari
Nalbari
Nalbari is a city and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian state of Assam. Nalbari is headquarter of Nalbari District.-Education:...

)
under Sec 302 of the IPC
Barama (Nalbari
Nalbari
Nalbari is a city and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian state of Assam. Nalbari is headquarter of Nalbari District.-Education:...

) PS
under Sec 302 of IPC
Nalbari PS under Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Tezpur PS under Sec 121, 121(A) of IPC
Special Branch of Assam Police three cases under Sec 121, 121(A) and 122 of IPC
Ghagrapar (Nalbari) PS under Sec 302 of IPC

Poetry

Daimary wrote poetry under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

 Megan Kachari and has three collections of it. In 2006, the World Book Fair in Frankfurt released an English translation of some of his poems. Melodies and Guns
Melodies and Guns
Melodies and Guns is a poetry collection in English, edited by Indira Goswami and authored by Megan Kachari, the arrested Central Publicity Secretary of ULFA. The original version is in Assamese with the title Memsahib Prithibi published in 1990. It was translated into English by Pradeep Acharya...

(ISBN-8174765808 / 9788174765802 / 81-7476-580-8) is a collection of his poems published by UBSPD in response to the efforts taken by Jnanpith Award
Jnanpith Award
The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country...

ee Mamoni Raisom Goswami
Mamoni Raisom Goswami
Indira Goswami , known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Assamese editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer....

. Memsahib Prithibi is the collection of his Assamese poetry now translated into English as "Melodies and Guns" by Pradeep Acharya and Manjeet Baruah. The preface of the book is written by Dr Goswami herself. He has been writing poetry since even before he joined ULFA in 1980s. "While at the camp, he had a few birds as pets. On the night of the crackdown, when everyone was fleeing, he wanted to take them with him. On finding them asleep, he waited for them to wake up, but it was too late," said Dr Mamoni Raisom Goswami.

Family Assassination

In 2000 his entire family - mother, elder brother, sister, pregnant sister-in-law – was assassinated by unidentified gunman which is said to be a part of the Secret Killings
Secret-killings of Assam
The secret killings of Assam was probably the darkest chapter in Assam's political history when relatives, friends, sympathisers of ULFA insurgents were systematically killed by unknown assailants....

 that then AGP government allegedly carried out.

See also

  • Melodies and Guns
    Melodies and Guns
    Melodies and Guns is a poetry collection in English, edited by Indira Goswami and authored by Megan Kachari, the arrested Central Publicity Secretary of ULFA. The original version is in Assamese with the title Memsahib Prithibi published in 1990. It was translated into English by Pradeep Acharya...

  • Operation All Clear
  • People's Consultative Group
    People's Consultative Group
    The People’s Consultative Group was a citizen’s group in Assam constituted by ULFA to initiate the talk process as mediator between the central government and the outfit itself. It was constituted on September 8, 2005 with 11 members in it.It was dissolved by ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa on the...

  • List of top leaders of ULFA
  • Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
    Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
    Sanjukta Mukti Fouj is the military wing of the banned outfit ULFA in Assam, India. It was formed on March 16, 1996. It has three full-fledged battalions – the 7th, 28th and 709th with allocated spheres of operation in HQ- Sukhni, Tinsukia/Dibrugarh and Kalikhota respectively...

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