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{{short description|Indian separatist}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arunodoy Asom
| birth_name = Bijit Baruah
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Gohaingaon, [[Chabua]], [[Dibrugarh]], Assam
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alias = Ramya Mech, Iqbal, Arunodoy Dohotiya
| criminal_charge = Revolution against Indian Federation
| criminal_penalty =
| occupation =
| spouse = Nuising Sankee <ref>{{cite news |title=ULFA(I) Arunudoy Dahutiya with His Wife: বিবাহপাশত আৱদ্ধ আলফাৰ প্ৰচাৰ সচিব |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDCr7u4Dr8&ab_channel=News18Assam%2FNortheast |access-date=13 December 2021 |agency=News18 |publisher=News18 |ref=7}}</ref>
| parents = Pabeswar Baruah (Father)
| children =
}}

'''Arunodoy Asom''' alias '''Ramya Mech''' alias '''Arunodoy Dohotiya(Dahotiya)''' alias '''Bijit Baruah''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]: ('''অৰুণোদয় অসম''') (real name '''Bijit Baruah''')) is the Publicity Secretary and second-in-command of banned militant outfit [[United Liberation Front of Asom|United Liberation Front of Assam]]'s ([[United Liberation Front of Asom|ULFA]]) hardliner group's Eastern Command.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spl NIA Case No. 01/2017|url=https://www.kamrupjudiciary.gov.in//CBI%20judgments%202019/12.06.2019-SPL%20Judge%20CBI-Spl%20NIA%20Case%20No.%2001-2017.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103124428/https://www.kamrupjudiciary.gov.in//CBI%20judgments%202019/12.06.2019-SPL%20Judge%20CBI-Spl%20NIA%20Case%20No.%2001-2017.pdf|archive-date=3 November 2020|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

Though Arunodoy Asom is trained as a hardcore militant, initially he was given the charge of Publicity Commander of the [[Paresh Baruah]] led hardliner faction after [[Arabinda Rajkhowa]] and others came to lateral dialogue with the [[Government of India|Union of India]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 November 2011|title=Faultline of ULFA – Planned factional dispute|work=Times of Assam|url=https://www.timesofassam.com/exclusive/faultline-of-ulfa-planned-factional-dispute/|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

==Early Life==
Arunodoy Asom alias Bijit Baruah studied in Senairam College of [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]] town before he joined the banned outfit [[United Liberation Front of Asom|ULFA]]. It is claimed that Bijit Baruah joined the militant outfit ULFA under influence of late leader and first commander of [[28th Battalion (ULFA)|28th Battalion]], [[Tapan Baruah]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Deka|first=Dhruba Jyoti|date=15 October 2016|title=Successor of Paresh Baruah is developed by Baruah himself|work=Times of Assam|url=https://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/successor-paresh-baruah-developed-baruah/|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

==Militancy Life==
It is unknown that when Bijit Baruah joined ULFA, but most senior leaders said that Baruah joined the outfit around 1998. After joining the ULFA, he became a close aid of the outfit's Supremo [[Paresh Baruah]].

==As Publicity Secretary of ULFA==
As soon as Arabinda Rajkhowa led faction was arrested and jailed, the name of Asonodoy Dohotiya appeared in press releases on behalf of Paresh Baruah.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 July 2011|title=Govt Not Soft on ULFA: Anti-Talk Faction|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)]]|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/govt-not-soft-on-ulfa-anti-talk-faction/726606|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> Interestingly, the Assam Police and other intelligence source suspected Assam based journalist Dhruba Jyoti Deka as the Arunodoy Dohotiya.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goswami|first1=Priyankan|title=From Arunodoy Dohotiya to Atanu Bhuyan|url=https://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/from-arunodoy-dohotiya-to-atanu-bhuyan/|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> But after Mr. Deka's arrest, press releases from Arunodoy Dohotiya didn't stop, thus clearing the suspicion. At the mid of the suspicion, Arunodoy Dohotiya escaped from a gherao by the NIA from Janakpuri area in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 September 2011|title=Confusion over NIA raid in ULFA hideout|work=[[The Assam Tribune]]|url=https://assamtribune.com/confusion-over-nia-raid-in-ulfa-hideout|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Adiya at home: Ammo seized in Gohpur|work=Assam Times|url=https://assamtimes.org/node/6165|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Incidents and Statements involving ULFA: 2010-2012|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist_outfits/ULFA_tl.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609013935/https://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist_outfits/ULFA_tl.htm|archive-date=9 June 2021|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>

In 2012, as Paresh Baruah led faction of ULFA decided to adopt a common surname ''Asom'', Arunodoy Dohotiya was named as '''Arunodoy Asom'''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2012|title=All ULFA members to adopt `Asom` as new surname|work=[[Zee News]]|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/assam/all-ulfa-members-to-adopt-asom-as-new-surname_753874.html|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2012|title=All ULFA members to adopt 'Asom' as new surname|work=[[MoneyControl]]|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/wire-news/-1871441.html|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=21 January 2012|title=Ulfa hawks to have common surname|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/ulfa-hawks-to-have-common-surname/articleshow/11574640.cms|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2012|title=ULFA mandates ASOM as common Surname|work=Times of Assam|url=https://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/ulfa-mandates-asom-as-common-surname/|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>

==As Militant leader of the Hardliner ULFA==
Arunodoy Asom, until 2011, was known as the head of the publicity wing of ULFA hardliner group. But after 2011, Arunodoy got involved in several violent militancy attack that brought quick attention of security forces and intelligence agencies of India. From 2012, Arunodoy Asom frequently called journalist Dhruba Jyoti Deka after they and their alliances carried out any attack against any security forces.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 February 2015|title=Over 10 Indian Army jawans critically injured in ambush at Arunachal Pradesh|work=Times of Assam|url=https://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/10-indian-army-jawans-critically-injured-ambush-arunachal-pradesh/|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Seven Assam Rifles jawans killed in NSCN-K ambush|work=[[India Today]]|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/northeast/story/assam-rifles-jawans-killed-nscn-khaplang-ambush-nagaland-251275-2015-05-03|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref>

Arunodoy Asom repeatedly involved in violent attacks against Indian security forces, and the [[National Investigation Agency]] (NIA), that was chasing him for more than a decade, charged Arunodoy in several armed activities.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Bikash|date=11 September 2020|title=NIA files charge sheet against seven anti talk ULFA cadres in Bhaskar Kalita Killing case of 2018|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nia-files-charge-sheet-against-seven-anti-talk-ulfa-cadres-in-bhaskar-kalita-killing-case-of-2018/articleshow/78064083.cms?from=mdr|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|date=11 September 2020|title=NIA files chargesheet against 7 ULFA cadres for killing Assam Police officer in 2018|work=[[The Print]]|url=https://theprint.in/india/nia-files-chargesheet-against-7-ulfa-cadres-for-killing-assam-police-officer-in-2018/500645/|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Insurgency in Northeast India]]
[[Category:People from Dibrugarh district]]
[[Category:ULFA members]]
[[Category:Assamese nationalism]]

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