The
Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation (KRLO) was formed by the United
Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) as a subsidiary front for the
Koch-Rajbongshi tribals in December 1995. The initiative was taken by Raju
Baruah, the Operations Commander of ULFA. The then Chairman of ULFA's
Darrang district unit, Ajit Kachari was entrutsted with the task of
setting up KRLO.
Like
the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), its reported goal is to
establish a separate State, comprising Koch-Rajbongshi-inhabited areas of
northern Assam. The first batch of 25 KRLO activists went to ULFA camps in
Bhutan for training in December 1995.
By
1996, when these activists returned to Assam, counter-insurgency
operations had been intensified in the State and the KRLO was more or less
defunct. Most of its activists joined the Saraighat Unit of the ULFA. Some
KRLO activists also surrendered to the authorities.
