Taking to TIWN, SP of Dhalai Timir Das said that a DC level meeting will be held between India and Bangladesh regarding the militancy issues and border fencing issues on January 8th at Agartala. Six NLFT militants entered Chaplin Chara under Karbook subdivision of Gomati district. But we are conducting a search operation in the area and the BSF and district police authorities were asked to maintain strict vigil along the border so that militants could not enter into the Indian soil, he mentioned. Around 400 meters of bordering area are still unfenced and working is going to complete the fencing in the 400 meters unfenced area, SP said.

He further said that the extremists’ threat has started rising in the sector with incidents of kidnapping of workers for subscription. The banned outfit earlier served letters to the villagers to give subscription as land and property tax. In the letter, they fixed the amounts ranging from Rs. 2000 to Rs. 12000 as per the living standards. They even threatened to abduct the villagers if they failed to pay the money as per their demand within due time.

 

It is to be mentioned here that on November 17, one BSF jawan and a labourer engaged in construction of border fencing between Khangthalwng to Rajbari in Kanchanpur Sub Division were shot dead leaving one labour injured.

 

Another BSF jawan was killed in MK Para, a remote village of Ambassa Sub Division on October 24. Khangthalwng, a border village on the Indian side, is known to be a vulnerable area as it shares Jupai of Rangamati district in Bangladesh, believed to be the hotbed of National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT).

 

Even three drivers of the construction company were kidnapped by the NLFT militants in April, 2013. Though one, somehow, came out of their grip, the fate of the rest two drivers is still a mystery.

 

The banned insurgents had kidnapped two teens from Manya Kumar Para in Gandacherra Sub Division on November 9 at gun-point to set instance for ransom collection. One of the teen is the son of Falguni Tripura, CPI (M) divisional Committee member.

 

On August, earlier, two jhumias – Juriham Reang (25) and Udairam Reang (22) from New Jiarampara were abducted, though they returned back to their families through Wansapara border after their families gave the ransom as per the demand following negotiation with the ultras.

 

It is to be mentioned here that earlier in a press conference Inspector General of BSF Tripura frontier B.N. Sharma said that around 32 camps and hideouts of northeast India militant groups still exist in different parts of Bangladesh. We have asked the BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) to dismantle these camps and to take action against the terrorists. 

 

He said the terrorist outfits of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur and Nagaland have set up their camps and hideouts in different parts of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) (in southeast Bangladesh) and Moulvibazar and Sylhet districts (under Sylhet division in northeastern Bangladesh). Out of the 32 camps, 21 ultras from Tripura having all the hideouts, mostly belonging to banned outfits National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), he added. Most of these hideouts were concentrated at Chittagong Hill Track (CHT) in the neighboring country Bangladesh, the IG further mentioned.