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'''Lachit Bordoloi''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]: '''লাচিত বৰদলৈ''') is a journalist and adviser to [[MASS]], a non-profit human rights organization in [[Assam]]. He is also the convener of the Peoples Committee for Peace Initiatives in Assam (PCPIA) and a member of the [[Peoples Consultative Group]] (PCG) organized to initiate the peace process between Government of India and the banned outfit of Assam [[ULFA]].<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/1360|title=India: Continued detention of human rights defender and journalist Lachit Bordoloi|date=2008-02-18|publisher=Frontline defender|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref><ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pcg-member-lachit-bordoloi-held/271829/|title=PCG member Lachit Bordoloi held|date=11 February 2008|publisher=Indianexpress.com|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref>

==Arrest==
On 11 February 2008, at approximately 10.30 am, Bordoloi was arrested by Dibrugarh District Police in Moran<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="ef" /> on his way from [[Tinsukia]], where he came to attend a public meeting, to [[Guwahati]]. He was brought to Moran Police Station where waiting Guwahati Police took him to Chandmari Police Station, Guwahati.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /> [[Nagaon]], [[Rangiya|Rangia]] and [[Nalbari]] police, in connection with a number of cases registered against him, also took him to their respective police stations.<ref name="ef">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/1279.html|title=Lachit Bordoloi booked under NSA|first=|date=30 March 2008|publisher=Assam Times|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref>

==Charges==
Bordoloi was arrested following a statement by one of two ULFA militants Manoj Tamuly<ref name="cd" /><ref name="ef" /> who had been arrested on 8 and 9 February 2008.<ref name="ab" /> According to police these two militants took training from Afghan militants in [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking plane]]<ref name="cd" /> and were there in Guwahati planning a hijacking of a plane.<ref name="ab" /> In their interrogation they reportedly named some prominent figures including Bordoloi. Police alleged that Bordoloi was maintaining relations with the ULFA "beyond permissible limits". On 12 February 2008, Borodoloi was remanded in Chandmari Police Custody for 5 days and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act with "having a role in fund collecting for the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)" and under sections 120B and 121 of the [[Indian Penal Code]] for "waging a war against the State".<ref name="ab" />

==Reactions==
According to [[Front Line (NGO)|Front Line]], the international foundation for the protection of human rights defenders, Bordoloi was framed and targeted due to his dedicated work defending the human rights. Bordoloi published an article where he highlighted the corrupt practices within the Nagaon Police Department and as a consequence a high level enquiry was carried out against the Nagaon SP. From 2001 Bordoloi was repeatedly facing harassment by the SP following the article.<ref name="ab" />

==See also==
*[[Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti]]
*[[People's Consultative Group]]

==References==
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