Imphal, June 28, 2010: In all 19 UG cadres including 15 of the United Liberation Army (ULA) including its commander-in-chief, secretary and finance secretary surrendered to DGP Y Joykumar and IGAR (South) Maj Gen CA Krishnan during a function held at auditorium of IGAR (S) at Mantripukhri on June 26. The other four surrendered UG cadres include three from KYKL and one from the UNLF.

However, father of one of the alleged KYKL surrenderees has asserted that his son is not a UG cadre and has no connection with any UG group.

At the time of surrendering, the 15 ULA cadres who mostly operated in Chandel district handed over one AK-47 rifle, two Sten carbines, two 303 rifles, four pistols, one revolver, three hand grenades, three radio sets, explosive materials, flag of the outfit and other related documents.

Apart from some incriminating documents, the KYKL cadres did not surrender any arms and ammunition while the UNLF cadre handed over one 9 mm pistol.

Speaking at the occasion, DGP Y Joykumar while expressing gratitude to the Assam Rifles and the Army for the assistance towards restoration of civil administration in remote areas of the State, also assured that the State Government will be providing a way for the future of the surrendered UG cadres under the existing surrender policy.

In his address, Maj Gen CA Krishnan observed that it was one of the largest surrender ceremonies of recent times and said that such a large scale surrender by young people will prove to be a beacon for other misguided youth to lay down their arms, abjure violence and return to the mainstream.

However, talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of the surrender ceremony, Soraisham Irabot of Kachikhul, Imphal East, who is the father of the alleged KYKL surrenderee identified as Soraisham Manithoi (35), clarified that his son has no connection with any UG group.

Irabot informed that his son had gone to Moreh on June 20 to buy umbrellas and other goods from Moreh but along the way he had been arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel posted at Tengnoupal on June 20. The father further informed that Manithoi is a married man with three children and he is working as a distributor of Amway business networking.

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