GUWAHATI: On Saturday, a total of 86 All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) cadres, including top leaders of the organisation, surrendered with arms before the police at Gossaigaon.
The surrendered militants also laid down a huge cache of arms and ammunition, which included AK 47 rifles, Chinese pistols, handmade pistols, two handmade LMGs, 14 detonators and five kilos of IED, sources informed.
The arms cache was surrendered by the cadres in the presence of Gossaigaon Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhaskar Ojha.
Significantly, earlier in 2012, the AANLA had signed a ceasefire agreement with the government.
It was also revealed that the surrendered militants were involved in many anti- state activities.
Two days back, on January 5, AANLA cadres had surrendered up a number of arms and ammunitions in their possession at Paneri tea estate at Udalguri's Bhergaon.
As per reports, additional superintendent of police (ASP) Jyotiprasad Pegu and Paneri Police station officer in Charge (OC) Sanjib Terang were present when militants of the organization based in Udalguri and Baksa had surrendered their arms and ammunitions.
Hand grenades, rifles, mines etc were part of the arms and ammunitions included in the cache. AANLA chief Dipen Nayak, commandant chief Peter Dandi as well as the district commander, assistant commander were among those present at the arms surrender ceremony.
September 15, 2022 was a red letter day for Assam when five militant organizations put their signatures on a tribal peace accord in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
All Adivasi National Liberation Army, Adivasi People's Army, Birsa Command Force, Adivasi Cobra Military, Santhal Tigers Force were the five militant organizations that signed the accord.
Earlier too, 1179 militants belonging to two Bru- Reang insurgent groups, the Bru Liberation Army Union (BLAU) and the United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA) laid down their arms in a ceremony held in Hailakandi district of Assam on December 12.
Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of southern Assam were the operating ground of the two Bru-Reang insurgent groups.
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