Tripura Police Foil Militant Assault Forward Of Independence Day; 2 Held With Explosives
Hours earlier than the Independence Day celebration, safety forces in Tripura, on Thursday, foiled a militant assault on the police and arrested two extremists and recovered large explosives from them, officers stated.
A senior police official stated that particular inputs of sabotage by an armed group having hyperlinks with the Reang (Bru) outfit — Tripura United Nationwide Entrance (TUNF) — have been acquired.
“Based mostly on the intelligence inputs, an ambush was laid on Kanchanpur-Vangmun freeway. On Thursday night lively cadres of the group (TUNF) Dhananjoy Reang and Sadai Nanda Reang had been nabbed in entrance of the Eden vacationer lodge beneath Vangmun police station in north Tripura district,” the official added.
Dhananjoy Reang hails from Katlichhera in Hailakandi district of southern Assam and Sadai Nanda Reang is a resident of Kasko beneath Damcherra areas of north Tripura district.
Excessive-end explosive supplies had been recovered from them, he stated.
In line with the police official, the primary goal of the militants was to kill police or safety forces personnel deployed in reference to Independence Day celebration and loot arms and ammunition to strengthen their newly-formed TUNF group working from Assam.
The official stated that the militant group (TUNF) is within the formation stage, and added that the fundamental goal of the outfit was to hold out assaults on police and safety automobiles and loot weapons for the group.
“The group has additionally been planning on doing subversive actions in Kanchanpur subdivision to get most consideration on the eve of this Independence Day. The State Intelligence wing has been intently monitoring the inputs on floor for the final two days in coordination with north Tripura district police,” the official added.
The official stated that by this profitable operation, a major breakthrough towards a possible cross border militant group could possibly be achieved.
“A serious incident has additionally been averted as a result of pro-active function performed by Tripura Police,” the official added.
In the meantime, on September 24 final 12 months, altogether 584 extremists of the Nationwide Liberation Entrance of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Pressure (ATTF) outfits surrendered and deposited earlier than the Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha at a give up ceremony on the Tripura State Rifles seventh battalion headquarters at Jampuijala in Sepahijala district.
The militants of the 2 outfits surrendered to the Tripura authorities after the signing of the peace settlement with the Centre and Tripura authorities in Delhi on September 4 final 12 months within the presence of Union Residence Minister Amit Shah, Tripura Chief Minister, different political leaders and officers of the Ministry of Residence Affairs and Tripura authorities.
