BREAKING: NLFB Chief M Batha likely to surrender today
India TodayNE
- Jul 22, 2021,
- Updated Jul 22, 2021, 12:21 AM IST
UDALGURI: National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) extremist M Batha, the insurgent leader who recently returned to the jungles after the Bodo Council elections, and his cadres, are likely to surrender before the Assam Police today.
M Batha and his cadres are likely to surrender at Laopani Outpost, Mazbat under the Udalguri district.
M Batha and his associates are currently in Arunachal Pradesh, where the Special Branch and the Kokrajhar Police have rushed to meet them.
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M Batha, along with several other cadres, surrendered following the third Bodo Peace Accord signed in January 2020, but subsequently returned to the forest to form the NLFB.
Batha was previously a member of the Bodoland National Democratic Front (NDFB).
Batha joined the insurgent group in 1996 and was trained in Bhutan. Later, he climbed to become the M's deputy.
Batha was dubbed "the bomb specialist" because of his excellent bomb-making and planting skills.
It needs to be mentioned that earlier, the Assam government had announced a special rehabilitation package for the surrendered cadres in the annual fiscal budget.
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