In the last part of July, the security forces in Assam killed one of the accused in the murder of Sanjoy Ghose. The forces were looking for him for last ten years ! and they want us to believe that they were unable to trace him, who was very much there in Assam working for United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). Surprisingly when he was killed he was armless. The forces got him in alignment with the ongoing drama of peace building where some of the middle level ULFA leaders have taken initiative. The security forces and Government has a great a sense of timing so far as encounters are concerned. The encounter of accused ULFA definitely helped the Government to show their commitment towards the peace building.
Sanjoy was killed by ULFA because they suspect him to be an agent of RAW.A lot of people who knew Sanjoy found this explanation quite amusing. Sanjoy was an outsider to North East and came to Majuli in Assam to work for people. He was not a known name for many people in Assam but he was already a recognized name in other part of the Country, especially in Rajasthan where he was associated with URMUL. Sanjoy did his post graduation from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) in 1982 at the age of 22. He was a bright and energetic student. I think the most appealing part of Sanjoy was his inability to remain indifferent to the happenings in his surrounding. For most of us we have, the strange but quite common, ability to stay calm and tolerant without any impatience inside us, while looking at the poverty and failed system, would definitely find it impossible to understand what brought Sanjoy to Assam. I was quite young when he was killed by ULFA and had not followed the opinion given by many during that time. But I believe his ability to mobilize and help people in doing something for themselves rather than cursing and blaming outsiders for their misery, had made many insecure and led to his killing.
“Sanjoy’s Assam” is the title of a book containing compilation of Sanjoy Ghose's writing during his stay in Assam.
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This book seems to have been published in 1998 by a publishing house as reputed as Penguin. But this is the first time I'm seeing a mention of this book. Are you reading this book, or already read?
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