{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Wangcha Rajkumar | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | constituency_MP = Arunachal East | parliament = | majority = | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date|1966|12|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Namsang, North-East Frontier Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh), India | death_date = {{death date and age |2007|12|23|1966|12|29 |df=yes}} | death_place = Deomali, Arunachal Pradesh, India | death_cause = Assassination by gunshot | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = Indian National Congress | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = {{Marriage|Secha Rajkumar|22 April 1992}} | relations = | children = 1 | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Political and Social Worker | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Wangcha Rajkumar''' (29 December 1966 - 23 December 2007) was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Arunachal Pradesh East from 1996 to 2004.<ref name="Profile"/> He was assassinated by unidentified assailants on 23 December 2007.<ref name="Profile"/>
==Personal life== Rajkumar was born on 29 December 1966 to Wangmai Rajkumar and Chamcha Rajkumar in Namsang tehsil of the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh. He was educated at Ramakrishna Mission in Deomali. Rajkumar married Secha Rajkumar on 22 April 1992, with whom he had a son.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha - Rajkumar, Shri Wangcha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=520&lastls=13 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
==Political career== As a member of the Indian National Congress party, Rajkumar was the Joint Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress from 1987 to 1990 and the District Congress from 1990 to 1994. He became a Member of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1995.<ref name="Profile"/>
Subsequently he was elected as the Member of Parliament in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Lok Sabha as a representative of the Arunachal Pradesh East constituency from 1996 to 2004. During his tenure, Rajkumar was a member of the Public Accounts Committee; Committee on Government Assurances; Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution; Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power; Rules Committee; and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs.<ref name="Profile"/>
==Death== Rajkumar was shot dead by two unidentified assailants on 23 December 2007 at Deomali Community Hall while playing badminton.<ref name="TOI2011"/> In 2011, the Central Bureau Of Investigation revealed that members of separatist group National Socialist Council of Nagaland were involved in the assassination and had arrested a member in the process.<ref name="TOI2011">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=K. Sarojkumar |title=NSCN(IM) rebel held for ex-Arunachal MP murder |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nscnim-rebel-held-for-ex-arunachal-mp-murder/articleshow/7324062.cms |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=20 January 2011 |language=en}}</ref> However the case is still pending as of June 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Still awaiting justice |url=https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2019/06/04/still-awaiting-justice/ |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=Arunachal Times |date=4 June 2019 |archive-date=9 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009060016/https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2019/06/04/still-awaiting-justice/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sanjoy & Rijiju trade punches over Wangcha Rajkumar murder case |url=http://www.arunachaltimes.in/archives/mar14%2029.html |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=Arunachal Times |date=29 March 2018}}</ref> <ref>On Indian Express http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exarunachal-mp-shot-dead/253863/</ref>
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