Others who surrendered included Rajkhowa's wife Kaberi Kachari a leader of the ULFA's women's wing, the couple's daughter Kanchan Bhagiraj Konwar and son Gadadhar Rajkhowa.
The Border Security Force (BSF) today said that top ULFA leader Arabinda Rajkhowa, another key militant and their families surrendered at the Dawki border outpost in Meghalaya early this morning.
"Rajkhowa and others were seen near the border outpost and they surrendered to the BSF personnel," BSF inspector general Prithvi Raj told PTI. The IG said that BSF personnel observed the movement of the group on the Bangladeshi side around 1:15 am and challenged them.
The group then offered to surrender and were handed over to the Assam police this morning, he said. They included 53-year-old Rajkhowa and deputy chief of ULFA's military wing 43-year-old Raju Barua.
Others who surrendered included Rajkhowa's wife Kaberi Kachari (42), a leader of the ULFA's women's wing, the couple's daughter Kanchan Bhagiraj Konwar (13) and son Gadadhar Rajkhowa (five), Barua's wife Nirola Neog (38) and their 10-month-old son, Rajkhowa's body guard Raja Barua (31).
Runima Choudhury (41), wife of ULFA's self-styled foreign secretary Sasadhar Choudhury, and their eight-year-old son Sisir Choudhury also surrendered, the IG said. They were taken to Guwahati by road, he said.
Rajkhowa and nine others, were brought to Guwahati in a convoy of seven vehicles under tight security, official sources said. They were taken to the high-security Fourth Assam Police Battalion establishment at Kahilipara and are lodged in a guest house, the sources said.
Rajkhowa and the others were expected to be produced before the Kamrup chief judicial magistrate's court here later in the day or tomorrow.
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