Tripura: NLFT rebels abduct GMP leader

Agartala, Jan 9: Cadres of the banned underground outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) kidnapped a local leader yesterday from a village under Salema Police Station in Tripura's Dhalai district, police today said.

According to police, Falendra Reang (45) was kidnapped at gun point by NLFT-BM faction from his residence at Ramguna para, about 12 km from Salema in Kamalpur sub-division.

Security forces have rushed to the spot and launched a search operation to rescue Mr Reang and apprehend the miscreants.

CPI(M) claimed that Mr Reang was an elected member of the Village Committee, apart from being a Gana Mukti Parishad leader, a frontal tribal wing of the ruling CPI(M).

The party and the villagers have demanded his immediate release unconditionally.

UNI