KOLKATA, May 3 — Two ultras of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, arrested from a city hotel, were being interrogated by the police to ascertain if militant outfits were being funded by major tea companies in West Bengal, reports PTI.
City police detective department’s Deputy Commissioner Soumen Mitra said today that the militant organisation was suspected to be extorting money from tea companies, and the police interrogation was proceeding to ascertain facts.
“Our interrogation is proceeding in that direction, since we suspect their role as extortionists,” Mitra said, refusing to divulge names of the tea companies believed to be funding the militant outfits in Assam.
The two NDFB militants were arrested from a city hotel on Wednesday on a tip-off police sources said, adding that ‘a huge amount of money’ was recovered from them. The money, sources said, was suspected to have been extorted from some tea companies having business interests in Assam.