Insurgency / Tripura

Agartala, June 22: The banned Biswamohan faction of the National Liberation Front of Tripura has demanded a ransom of Rs 60 lakh for releasing 24 hostages. Twenty-three small traders were abducted on June 14 from Quairi area under Vangmun police station in Kanchanpur subdivision of north Tripura.

A group of 25 heavily-armed NLFT militants had stopped two vehicles carrying 60 passengers at 6.30 am on that day. The vehicles were going towards Kawanpui on the occasion of market day at the trijunction of Tripura, Bangladesh and Mizoram.

The militants had selected 24 non-tribals, including the...

Agartala, June 22: Activists of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (Biswamohan faction) have intensified activities in Gandacherra subdivision of South district. A group of rebels has reportedly driven out over 1,200 tribals from five villages for refusing to pay “tax” and to prevent police from gathering information from them.

Official sources said on June 12, a team of Tripura State Rifles jawans had fought an hourlong gunbattle with NLFT militants in the jungle near the Kalajhari village. Two rebels were injured but managed to flee with the rest of the gang. Villagers later told the...

AGARTALA, June 18 – A total of 952 people have been killed and over 1200 kidnapped by insurgents in Tripura during the last five years, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has said.

In a written reply to a question by leader of the Opposition Ratan Lal Nath in the Assembly recently, Sarkar, who also holds the Home portfolio, said that 633 people were injured in insurgency-related incidents and 111 houses set ablaze by the ultras during the same period.

A total 836 insurgents had surrendered, he said, adding, 858 insurgents were arrested and 179 insurgents killed during the same period...

Agartala, June 15: Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar today expressed concern over the sudden spurt in militant attacks, reflected in the killing of a party worker and abduction of 31 people over the past few days. Sarkar said the militants were trying to make their presence felt as they were demoralised by the return to mainstream of two groups of the National Liberation Front of Tripura — Nayanbasi Jamatya and Mantu Koloi-Kamini Debbarma combine.

Sarkar told the Assembly that militants belonging to the All Tripura Tiger Force and the Biswamohan Jamatya group of the NLFT, who had set up...

Agartala, June 15: Tripura’s increasing number of insurgency-hit non-tribal refugees has demanded adequate security from the government and their inclusion in the “cluster village” scheme. The Left Front government has implemented the scheme for tribal refugees in the interior areas. However, more than 10,000 non-tribal refugees, who have been ejected from the homes in the Jampui Jala and Takarjala areas under Bishalgarh subdivision, have requested the government to include them in the special rehabilitation programme.

The non-tribals in the sub-division bore the brunt of the Tripura...

Agartala, June 14: The mass abductions by the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)’s Biswamohan Debbarma group this morning belied speculation about the outfit planning to follow the path shown by the two factions which suspended hostilities in April.

The Nayanbasi Jamatya and Mantu Koloi-Kamini Debbarma factions signed tripartite agreements with the Centre and the state government in New Delhi on April 15 and surrendered thereafter, giving insurgency-scarred Tripura something to cheer about after a long time.

Most people thought the stronger Biswamohan faction would follow suit, but...

AGARTALA, June 14 – A group of about 30 insurgents of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (Biswamohan group) kidnapped 37 persons, mostly small traders, from Kampui-Bhandarima road in North Tripura district from two vehicles in the wee hours today, police said, reports PTI. However, later they released 13 persons, mostly tribals, police said. The small traders were going to a market at Kampui, a hill top tribal hamlet bordering Mizoram to sell goods and agricultural and horticultural products. SP (North) Arbinder Singh and District Magistrate Debotosh Dutta rushed to the spot with...

DHARMANAGAR (North Tripura), June 13 – The leaders of the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) are keen to hold peace talks with the Government of Tripura if the latter sends out positive signals in this direction. The extremist group is also willing to drop some of its demands if the government shows a favourable attitude in this regard. The news of the outfit’s talks offer were published in Chaba, a journal of the Tripura People’s Democratic Front which is closely associated with the ATTF.

It may be mentioned that the leaders of ATTF had recently prepared a 20-point charter of demands and handed...

AGARTALA, June 12 – A top leader of the outlawed All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), Sachindra Debbarma, was killed by gunmen in Bangladesh, Tripura Director General of Police G M Srivastava said here on Friday, reports PTI. Debbarma, political secretary of the ATTF and third in the hierarchy of the rebel organisation, was attacked by gunmen at Tekuarbazar near Teliapara railway station, a few km inside Bangladesh, late on Thursday, Srivastava said.

Debbarma was attacked while returning to the ATTF headquarters at Satcherri after buying supplies at Tekuarbazar, he said, adding the rebel leader...

AGARTALA, June 6 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Monday said that his Left Front government was not in favour of further extending the six month tenure of the ceasefire with the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) (Nayanbasi group), an insurgent outfit which signed an agreement with the State and Central government on April 15 this year, reports PTI.

Replying to a calling attention notice brought by the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Ratan Lal Nath, the Chief Minister said, according to the 'Suspension of operation Agreement' the tenure for the ceasefire was initially...