Insurgency / Tripura

AGARTALA, Jan 19 — The All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) militants ambushed the police party escorting Industries Minister Pabitra Kar, Opposition leader in the Tripura ADC Radhacharan Debbarma and CPM MLA Monaranjan Debbarma. The incident took place at around 2 pm yesterday at Sateradhanpara in West Tripura District. No one was, however, hurt in the ensuing encounter. According to police sources, the Minister, ADC Opposition leader and MLA with some civil officers had gone to the area for a development meeting. While they were returning, the police escort personnel were waylaid by the militants...

AGARTALA, Jan 18 — The Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF), a Mizoram-based outfit has said all its members would surrender to the Mizoram Government if the later concedes their demands through peaceful negotiations. Two rounds of peace talks have been held with the government and we are optimistic that it would bear fruits, A Joseph, asvisor of BNLF told PTI here. ‘All the members would surrender if the government concedes our demands,’ he said. Joseph denied a press report that BNLF has recently suffered a split on the issue of surrender. The BNLF’s main demands include rehabilitation of...

AGARTALA, Jan 15 — Normal life was paralyses as the dawn to dask Tripura bandh separately called by the ruling Left Front and Opposition Congress began this morning in protest against the killing of 16 persons by NLFT insurgents at Singicherra in West Tripura district, reports PTI. Meanwhile Tripura has been put on maximum alert in the wake of the killings and a Republic Day boycott call issued by insurgents, official sources said. All the police stations in the State have been directed to intensify security measures to prevent ultras from perpetrating any more strikes with the Republic Day...

AGARTALA, Jan 13 — Militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) killed 16 persons and injured nine others at Singicherra Bazar under Khowai PS, West Tripura district around 6:15 pm this evening, police sources said. The militants surrounded the market and opened indiscriminate firing killing 12 persons on the spot and critically injuring 13 others. While two persons died on way to hospital, two others succumbed to their injuries at the GB hospital in Agartala.

AGARTALA, April 28: Fifteen National Liberation Front of Twipra militants surrendered yesterday before state Governor Lt. Gen. (retd) K.M. Seth and CRPF inspector-general Vageesh Misra. The group, led by Manindra Debbarma, laid down arms at the CRPF's second battalion headquarters in Narsingharh near here. They would get rehabilitation benefits under a Union home ministry programme. The militants deposited an AK-47 assault rifle, two self-loading rifles, a 7.62 bolt action rifle, a 303 rifle, four countrymade guns and a large quantity of ammunition. The CRPF inspector-general said he is...

AGARTALA, April 12: Tripura police have unearthed a racket in Sonamura subdivision in West Tripura district and Bangladesh, which was engaged not only in common criminal activities but also in passing information and providing shelter to militants. The startling disclosure was made by an arrested criminal Momin Mian of Sonamura (a village located on virtually an open Indo-Bangladesh border line) who was recently picked up by the police for alleged involvement with the ISI and NLFT militants. The arrest was made following recovery of some NLFT letters and seals declaring his name as an 'ISI...

AGARTALA, April 6: After his effort to initiate peace process in Nagaland, now Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has taken steps to bring outlawed militant organisation National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT) to path of peace. The Mizoram Chief Minister on Thursday told a group of visiting reporters from Tripura that he had held preliminary talks with the NLFT leadership in an attempt to bring them to negotiation table. "Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has requested me to take some initiative for peace talks with NLFT", said the militant leader turned Chief Minister. "I had meetings...

AGARTALA, April 4: Twenty-seven insurgents of Borok National Council of Tripura surrendered unconditionally to the police at Longtarai valley subdivision in Dhalai district on Tuesday, reports PTI. Police said the ultras, led by one Dilip Debbarma, a self-styled area commander of the outfit, surrendered to the sub-divisional police officer of Longtarai valley at Manu police station and deposited ten countrymade guns and two pistols. The ultras surrendered responding to the call of the government to shun the path of violence and return to normal life, police said. The militants would be...

AGARTALA, April 3: In a daring operation, CRPF jawans of the 34th battalion based at Lalcherra camp under Chhawmanu police station of Dhalai district rescued three persons abducted on March 18. Police sources said CRPF jawans based in Lalcherra camp had received feedback from sources that three persons were being held hostage at a secret hideout in nearby Deo reserve forest. The hostages, contractor Rabindra Singh, school student Soumitra Sarkar and another civilian, Uttam Basak, were abducted by National Liberation Front of Twipra militants from Chhawmanu-Chhailengta Road on March 18. On...

AGARTALA, April 1: After lying low for sometime, NLFT militants have started interfering in the traditional religious rites of the people. The Church-backed militants have banned the use of traditional musical instruments for performing kirtans (devotional songs) by Hindu tribals. In pamphlets distributed among the Hindu tribals, NLFT marauders warned against the use of traditional musical instruments. The fiat has triggered panic among the Hindu tribals living in the interior areas like Borakha, Patni, Barkathal and Sonai in Sadar subdivision. Sources in the Sanatan Dharma Parishad said there...