Guwahati, May 25 :     In the first ?surrender? after the announcement of the rehabilitation package for militants of the Northeast, 105 rebels laid down arms at Nagaon and Bongaigaon here today. While 102 rebels surrendered with 38 weapons at a ceremony organised by the Army in Nagaon, three Ulfa militants gave up arms before the police at Bongaigaon. Among those who surrendered at Nagaon were the commander-in-chief of the Karbi National Volunteers (KNV), Mansing Togbi alias Williamson, and David Kro, organising secretary of the outfit. Others were from the Ulfa, the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and the Bodo Liberation Tiger Force (BLTF). In Bongaigaon, three Ulfa rebels?Prabir Das and Pabitra Chowdhury, sakha parichalak and organising controller respectively of the Narjhora unit, and Sanjay Barman, surrendered before superintendent of police K.K.Sharma this morning. Lt. Gen. D.B. Shekhatkar, GOC, 4 Corps, said it took the Army nearly two months to make arrangements for the rebels to lay down arms after they conveyed their desire to do so. ?We had to check the antecedents of the rebels,? he said. According to him, 60 of those who ?surrendered? were from the Ulfa, 16 from the NDFB, 18 from the KNV and eight from the BLTF. ?More people are still trying to come overground. But we want to be sure of their sincerity and preliminary checks are being carried out at the village-level,? he said. Lt. Gen. Shekhatkar said a section of Ulfa leaders has also expressed willingness to come for talks. ?So far, I have had three telephonic talks with these leaders and hope something concrete will emerge soon,? he said. Lt. Gen. Shekhatkar said the first contacts were made ?around Bihu.? Assam Governor Lt. Gen. S.K. Sinha said the government was open for talks. ?We realised that there has to be a political solution and appealed to the Ulfa to come for talks. But on each occasion, they spurned our offer. They also rejected our safe passage offer during Bohag Bihu. So what other alternative is left for us?? he said hinting that the government would be forced to carry on Army operations against the outfit. The Governor also said the Ulfa has put certain pre-conditions for talks. ?These terms are not acceptable under any condition,? he said adding, ?Why can?t they come for unconditional talks?? The Ulfa had been insisting that talks should be held in a third country in the presence of neutral observers and hinge on the issue of sovereignty. An Army officer said the militants deposited seven pistols, 17 revolvers, one 12-bore gun, eight rifles, one AK-47, one 303 rifle and three grenades. The surrender ceremony had been dogged by controversy with former Ulfa members from Dhemaji alleging that some of their colleagues had been ?forcibly taken away? by the Army to surrender. The Army, however, dismissed the claim.