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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[List of top leaders of ULFA]]		*[[List of top leaders of ULFA]]
			*[[Tapan Baruah]]
			*[[Drishti Rajkhowa]]
	*[[Sanjukta Mukti Fouj]]		*[[Sanjukta Mukti Fouj]]

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{{Infobox criminal
| name = Raju Baruah
| image_name = Raju_Barua_Oct_27,_2010.jpg
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| birth_name = Hitesh Kalita
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Bahjani, [[Nalbari]], [[Assam]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| cause =
| alias = Anees Ahmed<ref name="op">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ulfa-leaders-children-speak-Bengali-not-Assamese/H1-Article1-484066.aspx|title=Ulfa leaders’ children speak Bengali, not Assamese|last=Karmakar|first=Rahul|date=December 7, 2009|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=9 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213040846/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ulfa-leaders-children-speak-Bengali-not-Assamese/H1-Article1-484066.aspx|archivedate=13 December 2009}}</ref>
| motive =
| charge = Revolution against Indian Federation
| conviction =
| conviction_penalty =
| conviction_status = Released on Bail,<ref>[http://www.timesofassam.com/2010/11/26/raju-barua-gets-bail-finally-will-be-moving-out-from-jail-tomorrow/ Times of Assam]</ref> November 27, 2010
| occupation =
| spouse = Nirola Neog<ref name="op" /><ref name="ef">{{cite web|url=http://news4u.co.in/?p=45702|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716221423/http://news4u.co.in/?p=45702|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=ULFA Chief Rajkhowa, Raju Baruah to be produced before Court|date=December 5, 2009|publisher=News4u|accessdate=6 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="mn">{{cite web|url=http://www.morungexpress.com/regional/39050.html|title=ULFA leader breaks down before court appearance|date=December 5, 2009|publisher=The Morung Express|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref>
| parents = Sajyabala Kalita (Mother)<ref name="kl">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/38088/|title=Come home, boys|last=Kashyap|first=Samudra Gupta|date=December 28, 2003|publisher=Indianexpress.com|accessdate=7 December 2009}}</ref>
| children = Hemacheta/Pragati (daughter)<ref name="op" /><ref name="mn" />
|}}
'''Raju Baruah''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]: ('''ৰাজু বৰুৱা''') (real name '''Hitesh Kalita'''<ref name="kl" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/guwahati/ULFA-s-Paresh-Baruah-fights-a-lone-battle/483167/H1-Article1-483134.aspx|title=ULFA’s Paresh Baruah fights a lone battle|last=Karmakar|first=Rahul|date=December 5, 2009|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=5 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208115834/http://www.hindustantimes.com/guwahati/ULFA-s-Paresh-Baruah-fights-a-lone-battle/483167/H1-Article1-483134.aspx|archivedate=8 December 2009}}</ref>), alias '''Anees Ahmed''',<ref name="op" /> is the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, the Chief of military operations, military spokesperson<ref name="op" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="kl" /><ref name="ij">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091206/jsp/frontpage/story_11828699.jsp|title=Support makes duo defiant- Crowd turns Ulfa rebels into heroes|last=A Staff Reporter|date=December 6, 2009|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=7 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="gh">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ulfa-leaders-held-admit-China-link/H1-Article1-483167.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206163524/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ulfa-leaders-held-admit-China-link/H1-Article1-483167.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2009|title=Ulfa leaders held, admit China link|last=Tikku|first=Aloke|author2=Patowary, Digambar |date=December 5, 2009|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=7 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="ab" /> and the head of the near-autonomous '[[United Liberation Front of Asom#Enigma Force|Enigma Force]]' of the banned outfit [[ULFA]] in [[Assam]].<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/1_49.htm|title=ULFA: Decapitation Failure|last=Routray|first=Bibhu Prasad|date=June 23, 2003|publisher=SATP|accessdate=2009-11-07}}</ref> When the outfit's Commander-in-Chief [[Paresh Baruah]] was said to be critically ill, Raju Baruah was reportedly assumed to be the new military head.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/node/3107|title=ULFA C-in-C Paresh Baruah critically ill: Raju Baruah new military head|first= |date=28 July 2009|publisher=Assam Times|accessdate=2009-11-07}}</ref>

==Trouble with C-in-C==
ULFA's C-in-C Paresh Baruah has reportedly been speaking to various associates about a confederal agreement with the [[Government of India]] if the outfit's General Body approves. Raju Baruah is known to have strongly opposed talks for which a trouble has been brewing between the two. He was also believed to be publicly chastised by the C-in-C. Any decision-making power had been taken away from him and he said to be 'under treatment' - but in fact in quasi-detention - at the Mirpur Military Hospital.<ref name="ab" />

==Death rumour==
In December 2000, the [[Assam Rifles]] issued a press release in Agartala claiming that Baruah was killed in a gun-battle between two fractions of the outfit in the Chittagong hill tracts in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rehman|first=Teresa|date=July 4, 2009|title=The Chase For The Invisible Man|journal=Tehelka Magazine|publisher=Tehelka|volume=6|issue=26|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne040709the_chase.asp|accessdate=2009-11-10}}</ref><ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1001224/national.htm#head2|title=Mahanta refutes Army claim on attack|last=Talukdar|first=Sushanta|date=December 23, 2009|publisher=Telegraphindia.com|accessdate=2009-11-10}}</ref> The next day a person identifying himself as [[Paresh Baruah]] called up newspaper offices and broadcasting agencies from an undisclosed location and rubbished the Army's claim and said that it was nothing but a mere propaganda of the Indian government against the outfit's movement and nothing had happened to Raju Baruah.<ref name="cd" />

==Arrest==
On December 4, 2009, Baruah with the outfit's chairman [[Arabinda Rajkhowa]] along with eight others, surrendered before the Indian authority near the Indo-Bangladesh border in [[Meghalaya]]. They were said to be taken into custody by the [[Border Security Force]] the moment they had crossed the border near [[Dawki]] in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills.<ref name="ef" /><ref name="ij" /><ref name="gh" />

==Release==
After one year of jail custody under Government of Assam, Raju Barua got bail and released on November 27, 2010. Raju Baruah, was accorded a grand welcome by hundreds of his supporters on Saturday when he came out of Guwahati jail on Saturday. Earlier, Baruah was granted bail in two Tada cases and in one CBI case. After being released from jail, Baruah left for his native place Bahjani in Nalbari district under special security cover. His family and friends came to the Guwahati central jail to welcome him. Baruah said he would be involved in solving the Ulfa problem along with others.<ref name="rba">{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/top-ulfa-leader-released-774|title=Raju Baruah, was accorded a grand welcome by hundreds of his supporters|date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>

==Public reactions & surrender==
On December 5, 2009, Baruah along with the outfit's chairman [[Arabinda Rajkhowa]] and Rajkhowa's bodyguard Raja Baruah were produced before the chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup. He with Rajkhowa rubbished police's claim that they had surrendered. They emerged as heroes among the crowd for the denial of surrender. They got the biggest boost when public encouraged them not to surrender shouting - "Surrender ''nokoribaw''" (Do not surrender). "''Moi'' surrender ''kora nai aru'' surrender ''nokoruw'' (I have not surrendered and will never surrender)", said Baruah to the crowd.<ref name="ij" />

==See also==
*[[List of top leaders of ULFA]]
*[[Sanjukta Mukti Fouj]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baruah, Raju}}
[[Category:People from Nalbari district]]
[[Category:ULFA members]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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