Top commander of banned ULFA (I) Dhristi Rajkhowa surrenders

Deputy commander-in-chief of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) Dhristi Rajkhowa surrendered to the Meghalaya police on Wednesday night in massive success for safety forces.

He is being escorted by Meghalaya police to Assam the place he might be handed over to their counterparts. Sources inform that the military was eager to take possession of the militant however was denied by Meghalaya police who supposed to ship him to the Assam police.

Rajkhowa, together with his 4 bodyguards, gave up after an intense encounter with Meghalaya police’s elite SF10 commandos at round 6pm in an space in South Garo Hills district, extremely positioned police sources confirmed to HT.

“It’s true, Rajkhowa has surrendered and presently there is still movement and so we are not in a position to comment further. Suffice to say that it happened today evening,” a senior police official mentioned requesting anonymity.

An AK-81 assault rifle with two magazines of 90 rounds, 2 pistols with journal and ammunition had been recovered from the insurgent chief and his crew.

Sources additional advised HT that the insurgent chief was on the run currently after two encounters with Meghalaya police nearly landed him within the web. The first was in March in Bolbokgre village in the identical district and as just lately as on October 20 when he narrowly escaped an encounter with commandos of the Meghalaya police in Bolchokgre village additionally in the identical district.

“Ever since then, he has been under tremendous pressure and has been on the run trying to avoid our teams because we were maintaining the heat consistently,” the official mentioned.

Rajkhowa – identified to be an in depth confidant of Paresh Baruah, the commander-in-chief of ULFA (I) – is an explosives knowledgeable and can be a central committee member of the insurgent group. His prowess and loyalty to Baruah earned him a promotion to the current place of deputy-commander-in-chief in November 2011.