New Assam extremist outfit’s members surrender
The Hindu
National Liberation Front of Bodoland were among 1,615 who gave up arms in January 2020 but returned to the jungles
More than 20 members of the National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB), a five-month-old extremist group, surrendered in northern Assam’s Udalguri district on Thursday. The extremists who laid down their arms at the Lalpani police station included NLFB chief M. Batha alias Binod Mushahary and top leaders B. Bidai and B. Birkhang. The extremists, who had been hiding in the jungles of Arunachal Pradesh, surrendered in the presence of Bodoland Territorial Council chief Pramod Boro, Assam’s Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika, Chief Minister’s political advisor Jayanta Malla Baruah and Special DGP (Law and Order) G.P. Singh.More Related News