Top ULFA (I) militants surrender marks end of insurgency in Meghalaya: DGP

Meghalaya Director General ofPolice R Chandranathan on Thursday said the insurgency in thestate has come to an end with the surrender of banned ULFA(Independent) outfits second-in-command Dhrishti Rajkhowa.

Rajkhowa, a close confidant of ULFA (I)s self-proclaimed commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, along with fourother militants surrendered before the Army near the India-Bangladesh border in South Garo Hills district on Wednesday.

He was active in the Garo Hills region and had aided severalother insurgent outfits.

“Rajkhowas surrender marks the end of two-decade-longarmed conflict in the restive Garo Hills region in particularand Meghalaya in general,” the DGP told

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