Most-wanted Songbijit and over 1,000 Karbi militants from 5 rebel groups surrender in Assam
CM Sarbananda Sonowal said govt will ensure a life of dignity for the former rebels who have now surrendered arms.
Karishma Hasnat 24 February, 2021 2:35 pm IST Text Size:
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Guwahati: Ahead of Assam assembly elections likely to be held in April, as many as 1,040 members of five Karbi ethnic militant groups laid down arms Tuesday.
At an official ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati, the 1,040 members of Karbi People’s Liberation Tiger (KPLT), People’s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK), both factions of Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), Kuki Liberation Front (KLF) and United People’s Liberation Army (UPLA) laid down arms in the presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, senior police and Army officers, former Asom Sahiyta Sabha president Rongbong Terang, gaon buras (village headmen) and members of