{{Short description|ULFA militant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Prabal Neog | image_name = Replace this image male.svg | image_size = 200px | image_alt = | image_caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Lesenga Gaon, Makum,<br> Tinsukia, Assam | death_date = | death_place = | cause = | other_names = Benudhar Bora,<br> Amar Moran | motive = | charge = Terrorism | conviction = | conviction_penalty = | conviction_status = Announced ceasefire | occupation = | spouse = Bonti Lahon | parents = Jonaki Bora (Mother)<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/1794.html|title=ULFA leader Prabal Neog released from jail|last=Sinha|first=Swapan|date=23 July 2008|newspaper=Assam Times|accessdate=20 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010164204/http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/1794.html|archive-date=10 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> | children = One son
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'''Prabal Neog''' (Assamese: '''প্ৰৱাল নেওগ'''), aliases '''Benudhar Bora'''<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070918/nation.htm#1|title=Top ULFA commander held|last=Bora|first=Bijay Sankar |date=17 Sep 2007|work=The Tribune|accessdate=20 December 2009}}</ref> and '''Amar Moran''',<ref name="cd" /> is an ex-commander of the 28th Battalion of ULFA, the banned militant outfit of Assam. Neog baceme commander of 28th Battalion of ULFA in 2002 after the death of the battalion's founding commander Tapan Baruah alias Madan Das.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 October 2003 |title=Triple onslaught on Ulfa |work=The Telegraph (India) |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/triple-onslaught-on-ulfa/cid/794037 |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref>
Neog hails from Lesenga village at Makum in Tinsukia district of Assam. His wife Bonti Lahon, who is also said to be an ULFA cadre, hails from Moran in Dibrugarh district. He joined the outfit in 1988 and was trained in guerrilla operations in Myanmar. Before his militancy life, he was the vice-president of ''Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad'', Tinsukia district unit.<ref name="cd" />
==Arrest and release== On 17 September 2008, police arrested Neog along with his wife and son from Tezpur.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /> He was carrying about Rs 2.8 lakh in cash but no arms or any incriminating document was recovered from him at the time of his arrest.<ref name="cd" /> On 23 July 2008, he was released from the Dibrugarh Central Jail.<ref name="ab" /> Now he is one of the leaders of the Pro-talk ULFA.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
==Charges== He is said to be the main planner and the key executor of the killings of Hindi-speaking people in Assam. Besides, according to police, he was also involved in a large number of bomb blasts and almost all major extortion operations in the state.<ref name="cd" />
==See also== *List of top leaders of ULFA *Sanjukta Mukti Fouj *28th Battalion (ULFA)
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