HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, May 23: Two All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) cadres surrendered before security forces in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh on Monday.
The AANLA members surrendered after a joint operation by 18 Garhwal of Army and 171 Battalion of CRPF and Dibrugarh police.
The surrendered cadres have been identified as Deepak Gowala (49), and Raj Sahani (23), were from Rangagara in Golaghat district.
Talking to media persons, David Neingaite, ASP, Dibrugarh said, “They surrendered with one 7.65 Pistol with one live ammunition, one 0.22 Pistol with 6 live ammunition and 3 AK-47 live ammunition.”
According to police, they were trained under Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA), an insurgent group in the Northeast.
The All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) was formed in 2006 for safeguarding the tribal culture of the plantation workers.