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'''Gulzar Hussain''' (died 28 January 2014) was an [[Additional Superintendent of Police]] (ASP) of [[Sonitpur District]] in [[Assam]], India. He was killed by outlawed members of the [[NDFB]] (National Democratic Front of Bodoland).<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/asp-informant-killed-five-injured-in-assam-ambush/article5627790.ece|title=ASP, informant killed, five injured in Assam ambush - The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref>
<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/asp-among-2-killed-in-ndfb-attack-in-assam-5-injured/|title=ASP among 2 killed in NDFB attack in Assam, 5 injured | The Indian Express|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref>

==Career==
Hussain received his master's degree in Zoology from [[Dibrugarh University]]. After an academic career he joined the State Police Department in 2003.<ref name="twocircles">{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2014may18/nhpc_helps_martyred_assam_police_officer_gulzar_hussain%E2%80%99s_family.html#.U3i9kPmSz5N|title=NHPC helps martyred Assam Police Officer Gulzar Hussain's family | TwoCircles.net|publisher=twocircles.net|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref>

==Death==
On 28 January 2014 morning an operation was launched in a remote area on receiving information about the NDFB's presence there. The operation team comprised commandos of the [[Assam Police]], assisted by 2 [[Dogra Regiment]] led by ASP (Security) Gulzar Hussain, was coming down from the Assam-[[Arunachal]] border area after apprehending a suspected NDFB(S) militant Karambir Basumatary, who was taking shelter at the residence of one Imla Mochahari of Hamshadpur village. When they reached Mawriapur near Lawdangi centre of Batachipur, they were ambushed.<ref name="assamtribune">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2914/at06|title=The Assam Tribune Online|author=TI Trade|publisher=assamtribune.com|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref><ref name="meghalayatimes">{{cite web|url=http://meghalayatimes.info/index.php/front-page/23731-asp-killed-in-encounter-7-explosives-recovered|title=browser - Please update to a modern browser|publisher=meghalayatimes.info|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/asp-killed-ambush-militants-assam-113802380.html|title=ASP killed in an ambush by militants in Assam - Yahoo News India|publisher=in.news.yahoo.com|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref>

Three militants who belonged to the NDFB [[I K Songbijit|Songbijit]] faction were hiding near a school fired at the team, killing Hussain and a police informer. The ASP was sitting on the front seat of his vehicle at the time of the ambush and was hit by bullets on his head and leg. He was rushed to Army's 151 Base Hospital at [[Tezpur]] where the doctors declared him [[dead on arrival]].<ref name="newindianexpress">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/ASP-Killed-5-Injured-in-Encounter-With-NDFB-S-in-Assam/2014/01/28/article2024452.ece|title=ASP Killed, 5 Injured in Encounter With NDFB-S in Assam - The New Indian Express|publisher=newindianexpress.com|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref><ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140129/jsp/frontpage/story_17875604.jsp#.U3kDNfmSz5M|title=Senior police officer killed in attack|publisher=telegraphindia.com|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref>

== Last rites ==
On 29 January, the [[last rites]] were performed with full police honours in his native Bihpuria. Thousands of people from Hussain's village and adjacent areas gathered at the site to pay their respects.<ref name="newstimeassam">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstimeassam.co.in/newsupdates/index.php?aID=636&highlight=#.U3jGIfmSz5M|title=NEWS TIME ASSAM|publisher=newstimeassam.co.in|access-date=2014-05-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203191405/http://www.newstimeassam.co.in/newsupdates/index.php?aID=636#.U3jGIfmSz5M|archive-date=3 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Family==
Hussain had left behind a three-year-old daughter and a 15-day-old son and his wife Roushanara Begum, as well as aging parents at the time of his death.

==References==
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