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| birth_place = [[Shillong]]
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| death_place = [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
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| occupation = Journalist<br> Newspaper Editor<br> Human rights activist
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| parents = Anupama Das (Mother)
| spouse = Purabi Das
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'''Parag Kumar Das''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]] '''পৰাগ কু: দাস''') was the former editor of [[Asomiya Pratidin]],<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=aug0409/edit2|title=Parag Das murder verdict: bleeding Fourth Estate|last=Al-Ahmed|first=Saikh Md Sabah |date=2009-08-04|publisher=The Assam Tribune|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref><ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/assam-editors-murder-cbi-under-scanner/495921/|title=Assam, editor murder, CBI, main accused|last=Kashyap|first=Samudra Gupta|date=2009-07-30 |publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref><ref name="kl">{{cite web|url=http://www.voicesforfreedom.org/VFF%20demands%20retrial%20of%20Parag%20Das%20killer.htm|title=VFF demands retrial of Parag Das killer |publisher=Voices For Freedom|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref> a radical journalist, human right activist and one of the founders of human rights movement in [[Assam]].<ref name="ef">{{cite web|url=http://www.assam.org/news/13-years-after-waiting-justice-parag-das-assassination-case|title=13 Years After: Waiting for Justice in the Parag Das Assassination Case|last=Borborah |first=Sanjay|date=2009-07-28|publisher=assam.org|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref><ref name="gh">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/3238.html|title=Prime accused in the Parag Das murder case acquitted|first=|date=2009-07-28|publisher=Assam Times|accessdate=2009-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802084615/http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/3238.html|archive-date=2 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also the founder leader of [[Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti]] (MASS).<ref name="kl" /><ref name="ij">{{cite web|url=http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-81797.html|title=Parag Das murder suspect acquitted; Assam bandh on Thursday|date=2009-07-28|publisher=newkerela.com|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref> Prior to that he was the manager of [[Guwahati Stock Exchange]]. He was assassinated by [[SULFA]] in 1996.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="kl" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /><ref name="ij" />
He had his education in [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] and [[Delhi School of Economics]], Delhi.

==Early life==
Parag Kumar Das was born in [[Shillong]] on 24 February 1961. He did his lower primary, primary and high schooling from Chenikuthi Boys School, M.C.M.E. School and [[Cotton Collegiate Government H.S. School]] respectively. In 1977, he got the 4th position in [[High School Leaving Certificate (India)|HSLC]] examination. He also got 4th position in the [[Pre-university]] examination from [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]] in Science stream. Then he moved to Delhi for higher education. He took admission in [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] for his graduation in Economics. After that he joined the [[Delhi School of Economics]] at the [[University of Delhi]] for master's degree.

In 1984, he joined as a manager in [[Punjab National Bank]]. After that he was appointed as general manager in Unit Trust and [[Guwahati Stock Exchange]]. In 1995 he quit from his job and joined as an editor in the Assamese daily [[Asomiya Pratidin]].

He married to Purabi Das and they have two children.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

==Assassination==
In the afternoon of 17 May 1996, while taking back his young son from school in Chandmari, Guwahati, Das was assassinated in broad daylight<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="kl" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /><ref name="ij" /> by four [[SULFA]] members - Mridul Phukan alias Samar Kakati, Diganta Baruah, Tapan Dutta alias Biswajit Saikia and Nayan Das alias Guli.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="ef" /> His open murder created huge outrage in the entire state of Assam and the human rights circles of the country.<ref name="ef" />

==Trial==
In 2001, [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] filed its chargesheet in Kamrup District and Sessions Court against the four accused - all members of the [[SULFA|surrendered group]] of [[ULFA]]. Before the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] filed its chargesheet, Diganta Baruah and Tapan Dutta were killed and in 2003 Nayan Das was hacked to death by a furious mob in [[Dibrugarh]]. Promod Gogoi and Prabin Sarma, two other suspects were not charge-sheeted for lack of evidence against them.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="kl" /><ref name="ef" /> Mridul Phukan is the only surviving accused in the case.<ref name="ef" /> But after thirteen years, on 28 July 2009, Justice Dilip Kumar Mahanta, District and Sessions Judge, Kamrup, has acquitted the prime accused citing lack of solid evidence.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="kl" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /><ref name="ij" />

==MASS reactions==
According to human rights activists, the key witnesses were not interviewed, some were intimidated, related materials were tempered to ensure the acquittal of the accused and cover up the state machinery's role in the case.<ref name="ef" /> Three of the accused were expired.<ref name="cd" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="ij" /> The human rights activist, media, friends and family members of Das, all call it as a betrayal of the CBI and the Court.<ref name="gh" /> MASS leader [[Lachit Bordoloi]], expressing his disappointment with the verdict, said that the [[Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti|MASS]] would approach higher courts and continue the fight for justice to the slain activist.<ref name="ij" />

==See also==
*[[Asomiya Pratidin]]
*[[Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti]]
*[[List of journalists killed in Assam]]

==References==
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[[Category:1990s murders in India]]
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