Assam: 13 left wing extremists surrender

GUWAHATI: At least 13 left-wing extremists surrendered before the police in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Cachar districts.

This information was given by Special Director General of Assam Police GP Singh.

All the 13 Left extremists, who have surrendered, were associates of veteran Maoist leader Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee alias Kanchan Da.

“13 cadres of the banned CPI-M joined the mainstream today – leaving the path of violence – in Dibrugarh and Cachar,” Assam Special DGP G P Singh said.
“He is an associate of CPI-M leader Aru Kumar Bhattacharjee @Kanchan who was arrested earlier this year,” Singh added.

Veteran Maoist leader and its central committee member Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee, popularly known as Kanchan Da, was arrested in Cachar district on March 6 this year.