The Rabha National Security Force (RNSF) was formed by a group of youth belonging to the Rabha tribe to carve out a separate Rabha hasong (Rabhaland), comprising Goalpara, Bongaigaon and Dhubri districts, outside Assam through armed struggle. Although RNSF is still in a nascent stage it has established close ties with the most active militant outfit of Assam — the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). The RNSF is also trying to forge links with other insurgent groups operating in the Northeast. Jabrang Rabha is the 'commander-in-chief' of RNSF. The outfit has a cadre strength of about 120, of whom 40 are being imparted arms training by ULFA along the border of Meghalaya. On May 5, 2000, the vice-president of the outfit, Ashok Kumar Rabha, surrendered to the authorities.