Robin Handique

Robin Handique (Assamese:ৰবীন সন্দিকৈ) was a founding member of the banned terrorist outfit ULFA in Assam.

[1] He was captured along with top ULFA leaders including Buragohain, Amulya Chandra Rai alias Amarjeet Gogoi and Bolin Das alias Kamal Kachari during the Operation All Clear by Royal Bhutanese Army in December 2003.

[3] Handique died of kidney failure[3] on 31 August 2005 in a Tezpur hospital while in jail custody.

[1][2] But the outfit alleged that Handique's death was due to slow poisoning by the authorities.

[2][3] Arabinda Rajkhowa, the chairman of the outfit said that Handique had various ailments but was denied proper medical facilities.