The Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Sarkar has remarked that the insurgents are trying to revive themselves and disrupt the elections of the thirty member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC)

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.

The extremists’ threat has started rising in the eastern 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.

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.

Priyanka Deb Burman

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