Monday, September 29, 2008

Five NLFT insurgents arrested

Agartala, Sep 29 : Five insurgents of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have been arrested by security forces from two different places, police said on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, a contingent of Assam Rifles raided Sailut, a remote tribal hamlet in North Tripura district on Sundaynight and nabbed four insurgents of the outfit with arms.
Police said the insurgents were forcibly collecting subscriptions from the villagers adding the Assam Rifles personnel recovered three guns and one grenade and some subscription receipts.

In a separate incident, jawans of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) arrested one insurgent of the same outfit during a raid at Dhumjakarai, a tribal hamlet in Dhalai district yesterday. No arms were recovered from his possesion.

Police said they stepped up their patrolling in the remote and insurgency hit areas to ensure peaceful celebration of Durga puja.

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