Paresh Baruah
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Paresh Barua is a rebel leader, born in 1957 at Jeraichakali Bhariagaon, Assam
, India
. He is the Acting Vice Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the rebel group ULFA.
He worked in railway from 1978 to 1982, and for Oil India Limited at Duliajan for some time. In 1989 he came in contact with Nagaland Rebels and Kachin rebels based in Myanmar, who provided strategic training to his group.
Before joining ULFA, Paresh was a soccer player, who played for Dibrugarh district, and for the Dibrugarh University. Eventually he becoming the most dependable full-back of the Dibrugarh Railway team. Today he is the Chief of the armed wing of ULFA.
Paresh Barua lived in Bangladesh
since 1990s till 2009 using alias Kamruj Zaman Khan.
Around 2008, he was in constant communications with Assamese
author Indira Goswami who was acting as a mediator in a proposed peace talk between ULFA and Government of India.However, the talks did not materialise because of the alleged insistence of Baruah on the question of sovereignty of Assam.
The peace talks resumed by the second half of 2010 when the majority of the ULFA leadership, including the outfits Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa were caught by the Bangladeh security forces and handed over them to India. However, Paresh Baruah managed to escape and presently, he is said to be living in Yunan, a border district of China near Myanmar. Baruah has since been taking a hard stance on the issue of peace talks and rules out any negotiations with Government of India without addressing the question of independence for Assam. On 19 January 2011, he created a sensation in the local media by publishing a group photo of him along with 100 armed cadres with full camouflage uniform. This is the first photograph of Baruah since early 1990s.
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He is the Acting Vice Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the rebel group ULFA.
He worked in railway from 1978 to 1982, and for Oil India Limited at Duliajan for some time. In 1989 he came in contact with Nagaland Rebels and Kachin rebels based in Myanmar, who provided strategic training to his group.
Before joining ULFA, Paresh was a soccer player, who played for Dibrugarh district, and for the Dibrugarh University. Eventually he becoming the most dependable full-back of the Dibrugarh Railway team. Today he is the Chief of the armed wing of ULFA.
Paresh Barua lived in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
since 1990s till 2009 using alias Kamruj Zaman Khan.
Around 2008, he was in constant communications with Assamese
Assamese people
The Assamese people are a well-defined subgroup of People of Assam. Though sometimes they are defined as the Assamese-speaking Indo-Aryans of the Brahmaputra valley,, this definition is not legally binding...
author Indira Goswami who was acting as a mediator in a proposed peace talk between ULFA and Government of India.However, the talks did not materialise because of the alleged insistence of Baruah on the question of sovereignty of Assam.
The peace talks resumed by the second half of 2010 when the majority of the ULFA leadership, including the outfits Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa were caught by the Bangladeh security forces and handed over them to India. However, Paresh Baruah managed to escape and presently, he is said to be living in Yunan, a border district of China near Myanmar. Baruah has since been taking a hard stance on the issue of peace talks and rules out any negotiations with Government of India without addressing the question of independence for Assam. On 19 January 2011, he created a sensation in the local media by publishing a group photo of him along with 100 armed cadres with full camouflage uniform. This is the first photograph of Baruah since early 1990s.
See also
- ULFA
- List of top leaders of ULFA
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