Raja Bora


Raja Bora, alias Polash Phukan, was the personal bodyguard of Arabinda Rajkhowa, the chairman of United Liberation Front of Assam, a revolutionary rebel organisation operating in the Indian state of Assam.

Arrest

On 4 December 2009, Bora, with the group's chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and eight others, surrendered before the Indian authority near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya. They were said to be taken into custody by the Border Security Force the moment they crossed the border near Dawki in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills.

Charges

Apart from the charge of waging war against India, a pending murder case has been registered against him with Joipur police station. He was sought in the murder of Cheniram Borah, a resident of Barhoni Gaon near Nahorkatiya in 2005.