He served as Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Golgahat and as Rural Development Minister in the Hiteswar Saikia Cabinet until his assassination.
He was the husband of the current Finance minister of Assam, Ajanta Neog, and son in law of MLA Rebati Das.
[1][2][3][4] Neog was the Indian National Congress candidate for the constituency of Golaghat in the 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election.
On 6 May 1996, 2 days after the 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly Election, Neog was returning home in Baruagaon,15 kilometres from the District Headquarter town of Golaghat.
The accused killers served time in prison but were later acquitted in 2013 on grounds of lack of sufficient evidence.