Killed on 20 May 2002, Tapan Baruah was widely known as a skilled hardcore militant in guerrilla warfare in the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom.
[10][11] Tapan Baruah and Drishti Rajkhowa are believed in involvement in the bombing & killing of Assam Minister Nagen Sharma in 2000.
[13] On 20 May 2002, Tapan Baruah was surrounded in Talpothar Majhgaon of Kakopathar by hundreds of Indian Army personnel following an intelligence input.
Some newspaper added citation of the ULFA's Operation Commander Raju Baruah and Foreign Secretary Shashadhar Choudhury's statement as follows:[17] A huge crowd gathered in the native village of the slain ULFA leader to pay respect to the departed soul.
Well behaved, Tapan Barua was everyone's favourite in the locality before he joined the organisation... For around four years he toured different countries receiving the necessary training.