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Place of Birth: Assam, India
About Ashanta Baghphukan
- Ashanta Baghphukan (Assamese: ?????? ???????) (born: 1963), real name Tarun Phukan, was the Chief Organising Secretary of ULFA, the banned terrorist group of Assam.[1] Ashanta, along with five other senior ULFA leaders: Robin Neog, Bening Rabha, Nilu Chakraborty, Ponaram Dihingia, and Naba Changmai went missing during "Operation All Clear." This mission was carried out in an effort to bring Assam, an Indian state, under its own sovereignty.
- It was fought against the Royal Bhutanese Army in December 2003 and dealt devastating blows to the ethnic terrorist organization.
- Among those were the loss of ULFA's leaders (5 of only 28 the organization has had since inception) which many refused to accept as fact.
- Instead, ULFA supporters remain adamant that the leaders are being held by the army.
- In an anonymous article written by a previous ULFA leader, a woman recalls being escorted by the Royal Bhutan Army to safety at an Indian army camp during Operation All Clear.
- She was told Ashanta Baghphukan and Robin Neog would follow suit shortly, but never saw them again.
- Furthermore, upon her return the woman discovered that the Indian army had spread rumor of her death.[2] This is what many believe happened to the missing ULFA leaders, but instead of being returned (as the woman was) are still being held.
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