Author: PTI
Publication: Rediff on Net
Date: June 14, 2004
URL: http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/14tripura.htm
[The terrorist group has the active
support from some Christian churches in the North-East.]
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 early hours of Monday, the police said.
However, later, they released 13
persons, mostly tribals, the 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 heavy contingent of police
and paramilitary forces to launch combing operation to rescue the kidnapped
persons.
Today's incident of kidnapping of
37 persons is the second biggest incident in Tripura. Earlier 48 persons
were kidnapped by militants in 1998 from Longterai valley in Dhalai district.
In a separate incident, five small
traders were kidnapped by the insurgents of outlawed All Tripura Tiger
Force (ATTF) from Kachubari market near the Indo-Bangla border in Khowai
sub-division of West Tripura district yesterday.
The police said armed insurgents
crossed the border and kidnapped five small traders.
The ultras managed to sneak into
the Bangladesh territory with the kidnapped persons before the Border Security
Force personnel reached the scene, the police said.
