Police arrested two leaders of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura or NLFT from West Tripura district’s Simna area near the international border during night operation on Thursday.
The action was taken after proscribed outfit’s former Army chief Sachin Debbarma and its political secretary Utpal Debbarma trespassed into Bharat from neighbouring Bangladesh.
Both have been accused of being involved in killings, abductions, extortions and waging war against the nation, said a senior officer.
“We had specific inputs that Sachin and Utpal will enter the State’s territory from Bangladesh on Thursday night. We laid traps and apprehended them when they crossed over the border from Bangladesh,” said Special Branch DIG Krishnendu Chakraborty.
After the interrogation at SB headquarters, both were handed over to West Tripura police to take legal action as several cases are pending against them, he said.
“They will be produced before the court on Friday,” Chakraborty said.
Sachin, a resident of Sidhai of West Tripura district, had been involved in killings and attacks on security personnel, he said.
“He was also sent to jail in Bangladesh. Sachin now does not hold any important post in the NLFT though he is still a key man of the outlawed group. Utpal was considered a think-tank of the organisation,” Chakraborty added.
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