GUWAHATI, JANUARY 28: Altogether 11 militants of the banned ULFA have surrendered along with arms and ammunition before Dhubri district Deputy Commissioner Gayatri Baruah.The extremists from different factions of the outfit belonged to the Sankosh Anchalik unit in the district, Baruah said.During the surrender on January 26, she said, the rebels handed over a self-loading rifle (SLR), two land mines, two hand-made pistols and revolvers, besides live ammunition.With this surrender the number of militants belonging to different underground organisations laying down arms so far has risen to 938.The first major surrender was in 1998 when on December 3136 NDFB militants laid down their arms before Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, followed by the largest ever surrender of 159 ultras belonging to different outfits on January 21 last year before Governor Lt Gen (retd) S K Sinha at Tamulpur, Nalbari district.Of the 159 rebels, 150 belonged to the ULFA, six to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and three Bodo Liberation Tiger.In the meantime militants belonging to different outfits have been laying down arms in small groups to join the mainstream.Till January three this year, 927 ultras had surrendered before official authorities in Assam since 1998, excluding the 135 militants who ``surrendered'' at a public meeting organised by former Ulfa members in Kamrup district not officially recognised.
