Arabinda Rajkhowa (born Rajib Rajkonwar), alias Mijanur Rahman Choudhury, is the former chairman of ULFA and the current head of ULFA pro-talks faction under which signed a peace accord with the Centre and the Assam government in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma solve the problem of insurgency in the region.
[9] He was a leader of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), a radical students' group in Assam, before he founded ULFA.
For his father, Umakanta Rajkonwar's outstanding contribution to the freedom movement, the Government of India awarded him Tamra Patra and a political pension in 1997 by Govt.
[2] Daughter, Khamseng Bohagi Rajkumari is currently the C.E.O of Charaideo Silk and Agro Producer Company Ltd.[2] On late Monday night, 30 November 2009, Bangladesh Police arrested Rajkhowa somewhere near Dhaka.
[3][4][11][12] Meanwhile, according to North East TV channel, ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa claimed that reports of his arrest were aimed at creating confusion and derailing the peace process in Assam.
They want to derail the peace process in Assam even before it can begin," he reportedly told North East TV channel.
But intelligence sources claim Rajkhowa had surrendered to Indian security forces in Agartala and was taken to New Delhi by a flight on late Wednesday.