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14 insurgent leaders surrender before authorities in Northeast India |
2007-09-08 |
![]() "All the 14 ULFA members who surrendered were involved in many of the recent subversive acts in the state. Their surrender is surely going to be a major setback for the outfit," Assam police intelligence chief Khagen Sarma told the news agency today. The surrendered rebels also laid down a huge amount of weapons and explosives, including AK 47 assault rifles, pistols, and grenades, the news agency said. "Those who surrendered actually executed plans plotted by ULFA leaders from bases abroad and hence the surrender assumes significance," Sarma said. The attacks by ULFA have so far claimed 150 lives this year. The top ULFA leadership is reportedly based in Bangladesh . ULFA is waging an insurgency since 1979 to create "sovereign" Assam carved out of India . New Delhi has accused ULFA leadership of maintaining close links with Pakistan 's ISI to create disturbance in the country's Northeast. New Delhi has often raised with Dhaka the issue of the presence of Indian Insurgent Groups (IIGs) from Northeast including ULFA on Bangladeshi soil . However, Dhaka denies this charge. During India-Bangladesh Home Secretary level talks here last month, New Delhi had asked Dhaka to act against the IIGs from India's Northeast who were using Bangladesh as a base for carrying out terror strikes on Indian soil. Dhaka is yet to respond to New Delhi's demand in concrete terms. |
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