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Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 6 : A total of 1,182 cadres from five Adivasi militant groups namely Adivasi Cobra Militant of Assam (ACMA), Birsa Commando Force (BCF), All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), Adivasi People's Army (APA) and Santhal Tiger Force (STF) laid down over 300 weapons before Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday.This was during an arms laying down ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati. The cadres deposited 304 sophisticated arms including seven AK series rifles, 20 point 303 rifles, four SLRs (Self Loading Rifles), four carbines, two G3 rifles, one INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) rifle, one LMG (Light machine gun), 124 pistols, 30 Semi Automatic rifles, 1460 rounds of ammunition, 10 IEDs (improvised explosive device), two kilograms of RDX, 20 grenades and 2.5 kg of TNT (Trinitrotoluene).Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of State (MoS) Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli, Lok Sabha MP Pallab Lochan Das, Rajya Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Assam Minister Sanjoy Kishan, representatives of eight Adivasi Groups as well as senior officers from Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Assam government were present at the occasion.Speaking at the occasion Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "Assam makes another leap towards peace. A warm welcome to the 1,182 members of various Adivasi insurgent outfits who abandoned the path of violence and joined Prime Minster Narendra Modi's mission of peace and progress in the North East."To facilitate the rehabilitation of the militants who laid down their arms on Thursday, the Assam Chief Minister said, "We have taken various decisions to continue works for the development of the Adivasi community. 1182 cadres who laid down their arms will be paid Rs four lakh in fixed deposit. The state government will provide Rs 6000 per month to each cadre for three years."In the ceremony, Assam Director-General of Police (DGP) GP Singh said that 1600 arms including 500 automatic series rifles have been seized in the state in the last two years.After the ceremony the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Member, Deputy Chief Executive Member and the Executive Members of the Adivasi Welfare and Development Council took the oath of office.Earlier, on September 15 last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah presided over the signing of a historic agreement between the central government, the state government of Assam and representatives of eight Adivasi Groups in New Delhi.The agreement was signed to end the decades-old crisis of Adivasis and tea garden workers in Assam and the groups that signed the agreement included BCF, BCF (BT), ACMA, ACMA (FG), AANLA, AANLA (FG), APA and STF.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 6 : A total of 1,182 cadres from five Adivasi militant groups namely Adivasi Cobra ... ...