He had also been holding the post of deputy commander of the battalion with Bhaskar Hazarika, another top ULFA leader.
According to police he is a moderate who favours a political solution to insurgency in Assam.
[1] After Arabinda Rajkhowa and his followers joined peace talk with Union of India, Paresh Baruah ranked up Bijoy Chinese from Lieutenant to Major and appointed as Deputy C-in-C of Eastern Command of the ULFA.
On 21 February 2013, Bijoy Das alias Bijoy Chinese left Paresh Baruah faction and joined Arabinda Rajkhowa led Pro-Talk faction.
[5] He believes that "only Paresh Baruah will be able to resolve the issue of Assam.