IMPHAL: Ten underground rebels belonging to various underground groups on Thursday surrendered to Assam Rifles (South) inspector general Maj-Gen C A Krishnan and Manipur additional DGP Y Zathang at the former's headquarters at Mantripukhri here.
The cadres included one each from the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak), the Kangleipak Communist Party (S) and the Kangleipak Communist Party (MTF) and five from the United Naga People's Council (UNPC).
They laid down six rifles of different categories and models - 4 AK-series, one M16 and an M22, one lathod, two 9mm pistols along with magazines and bullets, one radio set before the two senior security officials.
Addressing the surrender ceremony , that was also attended by parents and relatives of the surrendered rebels, the additional DGP welcomed the youths to the mainstream.
"The surrender of these cadres will definitely be a guiding beacon for the militants who are not part in the ongoing suspension of operation with the government," he said. He pledged all facilities that could be provided by the state government as part of the state's existing surrender policy to the cadres.
In the meantime, 31 Assam Rifles personnel eized 253 kg of pangolin shells and 50 kg of Loract-D tablets from a jeepduring an operation at Khudengtabi in Manipur's Chandel district bordering Myanmar.
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