Guwahati: A total of 23 members of the Bodoland National Liberation Front (NLFB), including the Head of M Bancha aka Binod Mushahary, surrendered in Udalguri North Assam Regency on Thursday.
The extremists put their arms at the Lalpani Police Station before the Head of the Bodoland Territorial Board (BTC) and ruled the BJP Boro BJP Party (UPPL) President, Minister of Water Resources Assam Pijush Hazarika, political secretary of Jayanta Malla’s head and police specialized (Law & Law Order) GP Singh.
The surrender extremists, who were hiding in Arunachal Pradesh forest, including the top leader B and B Birkhang.
The surrender of the feared militant bath, along with other clothing members, is being considered as a major success in the government’s efforts to establish peace in the territory of Bodoland (BTR) consisting of four districts – Badalguri, Chirang, and Kokrajhar.
Himanta’s minister’s chairman could Sarma, while welcoming the cadre’s decision, said that the people’s trust in government policy was reflected by the NLFB’s decision to return to the mainstream today.
” He further added, “We reaffirm our commitment to the development of all-round Bodoland and to protect the unique socio-cultural and political identity of Bodos.” Batha’s handover came a few days after the National Investigation Agency (Nia) had declared “the most sought after” and announced a gift of Rs 10 Lakh for his arrest last week.
Batha is among 1,615 National Democrat Front Bodoland (NDFB) National Militant (NDFB) which has surrendered on January 30, 2020 after the signing of the BODO Third Agreement between the Central Government, the state government and all four NDFB factions.
At that time, Batha was in the Saoraigwra faction from NDFB.
Batha joined the NDFB in 1996 and underwent training in Bhutan.
However, not happy with the implementation of the agreement, Batha and his colleagues returned to the forest and drifted NLFB almost after a year signing an agreement.
Security forces knew about this group after the recovery of the big arm cache in February this year.
Meanwhile, Head of BTC Pramod Boro, welcoming the decision to return to the mainstream, said, “Btr became free of rebellion after the third Bodo Agreement was signed.
But because some misunderstandings, Batha and several others returned to the forest.
Today, 23 including Batha, B Big and B Birkhang, have given up before the police.
We have known that some cadres are still in the forest.
They will also return and join the mainstream.
“CM on July 12 told the Assembly that a total of 3,439 militants from various groups had been Give up on Assam since 2016.