Lachit Bordoloi (Assamese: লাচিত বৰদলৈ) is a journalist and adviser to MASS, a non-profit human rights organization in Assam.
He is also the convener of the Peoples Committee for Peace Initiatives in Assam (PCPIA) and a member of the People's Consultative Group (PCG) organized to initiate the peace process between Government of India and the banned outfit of Assam ULFA.
[1][2] On 11 February 2008, at approximately 10.30 am, Bordoloi was arrested by Dibrugarh District Police in Moran[1][2][3] on his way from Tinsukia, where he came to attend a public meeting, to Guwahati.
Police alleged that Bordoloi was maintaining relations with the ULFA "beyond permissible limits".
On 12 February 2008, Borodoloi was remanded in Chandmari Police Custody for 5 days and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act with "having a role in fund collecting for the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)" and under sections 120B and 121 of the Indian Penal Code for "waging a war against the State".