GUWAHATI, India, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Hundreds of tribal rebels of a powerful group surrendered on Monday in India's troubled northeast, security officials said.
Around 373 guerrillas of the "Black Widow" group, fighting for autonomy of tribespeople in Assam state, came out of their jungle hideouts and handed over automatic weapons and explosives before being led to camps, officials said.
"These cadres will be taken to five camps set up for their shelter," said Khagen Sharma, Assam's police intelligence chief.
The group has killed at least a 100 people in the last two years.
The outfit suffered a severe setback in June when their leader was arrested by Bangalore police, and with Monday's surrender, only a handful are left in the jungles, officials say.
India's northeast, comprising eight states, has been racked by separatist and tribal insurgencies for the past 60 years, as locals accuse New Delhi of plundering the region's mineral and forest resources, and investing little in return.