Pradip Gogoi

Pradip Gogoi
Born Sibsagar, Assam
Other names Samiran Gogoi
Criminal charge Terrorism
Criminal status Bailed

Pradip Gogoi (Assamese: প্ৰদীপ গগৈ) (alias Samiran Gogoi) is the Vice-Chairman of the outlawed outfit ULFA in Assam. He is also one of the founder members of the outfit. He was arrested in Kolkata by West Bengal Police on April 8, 1998[1][2] and put in judicial custody at Guwahati.[3][4] A former electricity board employee Gogoi hails from Sibsagar district of Assam. Since his arrest he has been facing 6 TADA cases.[1][5]

Charges

Cases registered against him are:[1]

Police Stations Charges
Sivasagar PS Two TADA cases
Special Operations Unit of Assam Police (Special Branch) under Sec 121 and 121(A) of the IPC
Jalukbari (Guwahati) PS under Sec 302, 304 and 427 of IPC
Dispur (Guwahati) PS under Sec 302 of IPC
Geetanagar (Guwahati) PS and Chandmari (Guwahati) PS Four TADA cases and also several other cases

Bail granted

On February 19, 2010, TADA judge Soneka Bora[6] of the designated TADA court at Guwahati granted Gogoi bail in three cases[6][7]—Tada sessions case numbers 1/90, 42/01 and 43/01[7] — against a surety of Rs 1 lakh for each case. He was granted the bail on conditions that he would not travel abroad till the disposal of the cases, would deposit his passport in the court and not leave the area under the jurisdiction of the without prior permission from the court and if he decides to live in Sivasagar, his hometown, he must regularly report to the police there. The decision of the other cases registered against him will be heard on February 23, 2010.[6][7] This is considered to be the first step to initiate the most awaited talk-process with the banned outfit.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Correspondent (24 June 2006). "ULFA leaders and cases against them". The Shillong Times. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "ULFA vice-chairman Pradip Gogoi arrested in...". Rediff.com. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. ↑ Kaleem, Javed Iqbal (2008-02-11). "Ang ang Bharat ka toot raha hain". Derkeiler.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  4. ↑ "United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) - Terrorist Group of Assam". Satp.org. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  5. ↑ Bhattacharyya, Rajeev (Jun 23, 2006). "Centre says yes to freeing five top-rung ULFA leaders". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  6. 1 2 3 PTI (Feb 19, 2010). "ULFA 'vice chairman' Pradip Gogoi gets bail in three cases". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 Staff reporter (February 20, 2010). "Ulfa leader gets bail in 3 cases - 3 more charges to be heard on Feb. 23". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 February 2010.


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