AGARTALA, Dec 3 ? Tripura government has decided to issue red corner notice through the Interpol to detain five top ranking insurgents of two banned outfits of the state believed to be sheltering in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Thailand, reports PTI. Director General of Police (DGP) G M Srivastav told newsmen today that efforts are on to issue red corner notice through the Interpol for five more insurgents of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) believed to have taken shelter in the three countries.
He, however, refused to divulge the name of the militants. Earlier, the home department had issued red corner notices through the Interpol to detain 47 insurgents of the two outfits. However, none was detained so far, he said.
In the intensified anti-insurgency operations launched in the state priority was being given to bust the network of the insurgents? collaborators and their movement inside Tripura, the DGP said. Many ultras, he said, had surrendered to the authorities recently. This was due to the despair among the ranks of the cadres, who were forced to live in inhuman conditions in their jungle camps while the leaders lived luxuriously in foreign countries.
There was specific information that ATTF chief Ranjit Debbarma owns three airconditioned houses, one five-storied building, one Japanese private vehicle, dual passports, bank accounts and four posh rooms in a hotel in Dhaka, he added. The DGP said, 46 insurgents were kiled in encounters with security forces and 559 arrested during the past one yesr in the State.
Besides, in the face of tough counter-insurgency operation coupled with hardships of camp life in the jungles, 237 ultras surrendered to the security forces during the period. They included 133 NLFT (Biswamohan faction), three from NLFT (Nayanbasi faction), 81 from Borok National Council of Tripura and 20 ATTF ultras. Drivastav said BSF was assisting the CRPF, Assam rifles and State Police in the counter-insurgency operation, besides monitoring the international border.