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Over 400 Black Widow militants surrender in Assam |
Over four hundred militants of the Dima Halam
Daogah (Jewel) formally laid down their arms before Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi at a function at Halflong in North Cachar Hill District on the occasion
of Gandhi Jayanti on Friday. The DHD (J) a banned outfit under Unlawful Activity
(Prevention) Act started surrendering weapons on September 15. The surrendered
militants included the commander of the outfit Niranjan Hojai, the deputy commander
Debolal Garlosa, five self-styled lieutenants, 15-second lieutenants, 30 sergeant
majors, 15 sergeants, 29 corporals and 67 lance corporals. Expressing satisfaction
over the steps taken by the DHD (J) to bring peace to the region, Gogoi said Congress
- led Governments, both at the Centre and the State, are very much concerned about
solving the long pending problems of the North Cachar Hill District. Gogoi also
promised to take immediate measures to rehabilitate surrendered cadres of the
outfit. He also declared a package of Rs. 50 crore for immediate developmental
activities in the hill district. The DHD (J), which is also known as the Black
Widow, also deposited 148 weapons including 76 AK series rifles besides 1130 assorted
ammunitions, 10 kilograms of high explosives, 244 assorted magazines and 40 radio
sets. According to official sources, most of the surrendered cadres of the Black
Widow are aged between 20 to 30. Speaking on the occasion, the Commander of DHD(J)
Niranjan Hojai urged the Gogoi to fulfill the demands of the outfit within a time-frame
and expressed their willingness to work for peace and development in the hill
district. Earlier, in August, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram had asked the
banned DHD (J) to surrender weapons before September 15. The DHD (J) is responsible
for creating terror in the North Cachar Hill District of Assam for last six years,
during which over 300 people have been killed. According to the new rules for
facilitating peace talks with the militant organization, an outfit has to first
abjure violence by depositing weapons and stay away from extortion by moving to
designated camps. Only its top leadership will be allowed to sit for talks. The
government has adopted a multi-dimensional strategy in North Cachar Hills with
strong deployment of security forces. Army's brigade headquarters at Haflong has
coordinating all the efforts. |
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