Arms and ammunition recovered in Tripura-Bangladesh border.Byline: ANI Agartala, Aug 20 (ANI): Security forces in Tripura recovered cache of arms and ammunition from a tribal hamlet close to the state's border with Bangladesh. Acting on a tip off by a surrendered militant, a joint operation was launched by state police along with paramilitary forces. The ammunition was recovered from Karangicherra, a tribal hamlet in west Tripura district West Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Agartala. The district occupies an area of 2997 km² and has a population of 1,530,531 (as of 2001). of the state. "The place is not far from the Bangladesh border. It apparently appears that a group had left behind the weapons, concealed the weapons for further use or further utilization," said Pranay Sahaya, Director General of Tripura police. Police has recovered eight AK-66 rifles, 23 magazines and 17 rounds of ammunition.olice suspect the involvement of a group of banned militants belonging to the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF ATTF All Tripura Tiger Force ATTF Anti-Terrorism Task Force ATTF Association des Techniciens Territoriaux de France ATTF Auto Theft Task Force ATTF Air Toxics Task Force ATTF All Things That Fly (podcast) ) in the incident but could not make any arrests. There are at least 10 base camps of two outlawed insurgent outfits - the ATTF and the National Liberation Front of Tripura The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was formed in December 1989 for the purpose of seceding from India in order to create an independent state of Tripura. The NLFT has conducted a systematic and violent campaign against Bengalis, Hindus, and parts of the tribal (NLFT NLFT National Liberation Front of Tripura (India) ) -- in Bangladesh. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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