ATTF millitant arrested by police in Tripura

Agartala, Feb 26: A hardcore militant, involed in massacre of 15non-tribal people in Tripura's West district in 2003, was arrested fromSouth Gokulnagar village under Teliamura police station.

Police sources here today said Sonaicharan Debbarma, who wasabsconding after the massacre at Kalyanpur under Khowai sub-division ofWest district on August 14, 2003, was nabbed by police on Saturday.

The banned All Tripura Tiger Force(ATTF) militant had come to his in-laws' house at South Goklunagar when he was arrested.

Police, acting on a tip-off, led by SDPO Sanjay Roy, cordonned thevillage. The militant made an abortive attempt to flee but he failed todo so as the security personnel followed and captured him.

A 25-member armed ATTF insurgents had attacked Gokulnagar villagein 2003 and shot dead 15 people. Sonaicharan was the main accussed inthe case.

Meanwhile, two hardcore militants of the banned NationalLiberation Front of Tripura(NLFT-BM) have surrendered before the SDPOof Jirania, about 15 km from here yesterday, and deposited a revolver.

Security forces have captured four collaborators of the ATTF andNLFT from different parts of West and Dhalai Districts respectively.

While two people were arrested from Kalyanpur and Teliamura policestation areas in West District, the remaining two others were capturedfrom Kachuchara police station area under Dhalai district.

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