Agartala, Jul 21: Outlawed outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) has demanded Rs 10 lakh as ransom to release eight tribals, including two CPI(M) leaders, who were kidnapped on July 19 from Debendra Karbaripara in Dhalai district of North Tripura.
Police said that the militants sent a ransom notice to East Chawmanu village council Chief Shanti Ranjan Chakma yesterday and had mentioned a phone number for further correspondent and informed that the abducted people had been shifted to hideouts across the border.
Security forces had launched a massive operation in the area to rescue the kidnapped persons and BSF was also put on high alert in the porous eastern border with Bangladesh.
Heavily armed NLFT militants raided the village on July 18 late hours and kidnapped four tribal villagers, including CPI(M) local leaders Arun Chakma (35) and Ganja Chakma (45) along with two others innocent Sudhyajoy Chakma (35) and Ratanjoy Chakma (27), at gun point.
On their way back, they had detained four others identified as Baisakh Chakma (30), Sumanta Chakma (30), Kahindra Tripura (35) and Fallenjoy Tripura (25) who was returning to their houses after work.
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