Pranati Deka (
Assamese: প্ৰণতি ডেকা) is the Cultural Secretary of the outlawed outfit
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 ...
in
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
.
She hails from
Nalbari
Nalbari is a small town in Nalbari district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. Nalbari is also the headquarters of Nalbari district, Nalbari District.
Etymology
The word ''Nalbari'' is derived from and . is a ...
district of
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
.
She is also the wife of the outfit's finance secretary
Chitrabon Hazarika.
Arrest
Deka was first arrested on 23 August 1996, from
Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai.
She was released on bail in 1998. In 2003 she was again arrested at Phulbari in
Garo Hills district of
Meghalaya
Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...
while trying to escape.
Charges
Cases registered against her are:
See also
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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
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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 ...
References
People from Nalbari district
Living people
Prisoners and detainees from Assam
ULFA members
Year of birth missing (living people)
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