Incidents involving National Liberation Front of Tripura

2008

August 25: Three NLFT militants kill a surrendered colleague of the outfit, identified as Bikash Debbarma, at his residence in Tuibaklai under Chamahower police station of South Tripura district.
August 20: Two NLFT militants, including one identified as Bikash Debbarma, are shot dead by the Tripura State Rifles personnel during an encounter at Thalikpara under Kanchanpur Police station in the North Tripura district. While another militant, Sidhujoy Tripura, is arrested, three used grenades, subscription pads of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT and other incriminating papers are recovered from the encounter site.
July 24: One NLFT cadre and his two associates surrender at Killa under Udiapur sub-division in the South Tripura district. They deposited two locally made guns.
July 6: Two hand grenades, 10 live rounds and ‘tax’ collection receipt of the NLFT are recovered from Takhapara under Ganganagar police station.
July 2: Five NLFT militants surrender before the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Kanchanpur at Anandabazar outpost in the North Tripura district. They were identified as Nirmal Debbarma, Adhin Charan Debbarma, Jitendra Debbarma, Sukumar Debbarma and Ranjit Kumar Reang. They claim to have deserted the hideout in Bangladesh and crossed over the India-Bangladesh border to surrender.
June 29: Two NLFT militants, Sharat Malsum, and Chanrai Reang, are shot dead by a joint team of Tripura State Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force during a counter-insurgency operation at Vishnuprasadpara village under Ampi police station in the South Tripura district.
June 15: Six NLFT cadres surrendered before Assam Rifles at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district. They also surrendered a two inch motor, hand grenades, detonator and gun powder.
June 1: Three militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrendered before the Police at Raishyabari Police Station at Gandacherra in the Dhalai district.
May 26: A hardcore NLFT militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces in the Atharamura Hills under Khowai subdivision of the West Tripura district.
May 16: NLFT militants who abducted railway engineer Debabrata Das on April 26 from a railway construction site at Dalhampara near Mungiakami block in the Barmura hill ranges in the West Tripura district demanded a ransom of INR 2500000 for his release.
May 8: 35 NLFT cadres surrendered before the Commandant of the 14 battalion of Assam Rifles at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district. They also deposited one SLR and hundred rounds of live cartridges.

Three NLFT militants surrendered before the Commandant of the Sixth battalion of paramilitary Tripura State Rifles at Teliamura in the West Tripura district.
April 26: A railway labourer is killed and an engineer is abducted by NLFT militants in the West Tripura district. Police sources said that nearly 15 NLFT militants attacked the Atharomura railway tunnel site under Mungiakami police station. They tried to abduct labourer Dhirendra Debnath, a resident of Teliamura in the district, and shot him dead when he tried to resist. They then abducted engineer Debabrata Das and escaped into the nearby forest.
April 24: One NLFT militant, Kishore Debbarma, surrendered at the Tripura State Rifles camp near 19 Miles under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district along with 23 rounds of AK bullets.
April 22 : Two NLFT collaborators, Sonacharan Jamatia and Uttam Debbarma, surrendered without arms before the Commandant of 5th Battalion Assam Rifles at Mungiakami in the West Tripura district.

Two NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction are shot dead by Tripura Police at Bijoymasterpara under Langtarai Valley police station in the Dhalai district. "While at around 9.45 am they reached remote Bijoymasterpara-about 14km South-East from police station, the militants led by Swapan Debbarma alias Jaggu suddenly opened fire at them. The TSR jawans immediately retaliated heavily killing two militants on spot. The firefight continued for about 15 minutes", an unnamed police personnel said. "There were about seven to eight militants. While two were killed others managed to escape," he added. One of the slain militants was identified as Puidarai Reang. One Chinese grenade, 27 rounds of AK series ammunition, haversacks and some incriminating documents were recovered from the incident site.
March 30: The Superintendent of Police (Special Branch), Claudia A. Lyngwa, while terming the HNLC as "an organisation of a few vested interests," said that deteriorating cadre strength of the outfit had forced it to join hands with the Tripura-based NLFT. She stated that the outfit's cadre strength could be between 70 and 80, including a few senior members camping in Bangladesh. "These (few) vested interests (HNLC activists) are very much aware that they are losing their strength every day and the best option for them is to surrender," she said, adding, "Deteriorating cadre strength has forced HNLC to join hands with the NLFT."

Twelve NLFT militants surrendered before the Assam Rifles at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district. They were identified as Narahari Janata, Dinash Dbarna, Amardulal Jamarya. Trinajit Janara, Milmany Reang, Falayjpy Triputa, Laxhmanram Reanf, Agnijoy Reang, Rupandra Reang, Tajendra Trang, Titaram Reang, and Kamanjpy Reang.
March 27: Two HNLC militants, Vicky Majaw and Leader, are shot dead by Meghalaya Police during an encounter at Umkiang in the Jaintia Hills district. However, three NLFT militants who along with the HNLC militants opened fire on the police personnel manage to escape from the encounter site.
March 22: Two collaborators belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrendered and deposited 14 notice pads and several documents of the faction.
March 8: An NLFT militant, identified as Daharam Reang, was arrested from the jungles of Govindabari area of Chawmanu police station under Dhalai district.
March 3: A hardcore NLFT militant, identified as Ranjan Debbarma, was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Tuikurmacherra under Mugiakami police station. One Chinese grenade and some incriminating documents of the outfit were recovered from the encounter site.
February 26: Police arrested four surrendered militants belonging to the NLFT for their involvement in instigating the tribals to occupy a government land near Raj Bhawan in Agartala.
February 8: Cadres of the NLFT abducted two supporters of the CPI-Marxist from their village at Shanpara in West Tripura district. A group of armed NLFT insurgents raided the village at night and abducted Rajkumar Debbarma and Ratan Debbarma from their houses.
February 5: Security forces arrested four militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT along with arms and ammunition from Raishyabari area of the Dhalai district. They were identified as Rabajoy Tripura, Ripajoy Tripura, Manai Mohan Tripura and Arun Kumar.
January 30: A group of armed NLFT cadres snatched 25 Elector's Photo Identity Card from Dalaparti Para village in the Dhalai district.
January 23: Two extortionists belonging to the NLFT were arrested by the security forces from Baigunsingpara village under Mungiakami police station in the West Tripura district while they were extorting money from villagers. While INR 17000 in cash was recovered from the possession of the duo, some other extortionists managed to escape.
January 11: An encounter between the security forces and the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT militants took place at Old Ramguna Para village of Atharamura range under Salema police station in the Dhalai district. However, the militants escaped from the spot after a brief gun battle. Security forces later recovered several documents including some extortion notices from the incident site.
January 8: One NLFT militant, identified as Bironjoy Tripura, was arrested along with arms and ammunition by the security forces after an encounter at Tamarai Para village of Ganganagar police station under Dhalai district. During subsequent search operations, police also recovered three locally made revolvers with live rounds, a bag of Indian currency, medicines, subscription notes and a calendar of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT.
January 2: Tripura Police arrested three suspects, identified as Shyamal Debbarma, Nagrai Debbarma and Chitta Debbarma, in connection with the December 31 killing of Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Chandra Mohan Debbarma by the NLFT militants at Naksirai Para village under Kalyanpur police station in the West Tripura district.
January 1: NLFT militants opened fire on a civilian, identified as Rabijay Reang, at Debendrapara village under Ampi police station in the South Tripura district. Official sources said that the injured person had been asked by the NLFT cadres to join the outfit and had also not paid the demanded extortion amount to it.

NLFT militants abducted a civilian, Madhu Tripura, from his house at Dhananjay Para village under Gandacherra police station in the Dhalai district. Madhu is an activist of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist and had refused to join the outfit.

2007

December 31: A tribal leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, identified as Chandra Mohan Debbarma, is shot dead by two militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT at Naksirai Para under Kalyanpur police station in the West Tripura district.
December 27: Two NLFT militants, Pijush Debbarma and Birendra Debbarma, are arrested at Aidangkur, a remote village under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. Two high explosive grenades were recovered from their possession.
December 26: Meghalaya Police stated that the HNLC is being helped by the NLFT in Jaintia Hills, the NSCN-IM in West Khasi Hills and the NDFB in areas of Ri-Bhoi district. The HNLC's declining manpower and continued failure to start an extortion drive in Shillong city has forced the outfit to seek help of other outfits and extort money from businessmen, especially coal traders, in other districts of the State bordering Bangladesh. "The firepower of HNLC is less at present and the outfit cannot buy more weapons due to financial constraints. It has to borrow arms from other militant groups," said an unnamed source.
December 17: Meghalaya Police neutralized a joint camp of the HNLC and NLFT during an operation at Narpuh reserve forest in the Jaintia Hills. A number of 9-mm live cartridges, .22 live cartridges, one very high frequency handset, six micro cassettes, a prescription of a Bangladeshi doctor, photographs, a diary and four butts of AK-56 rifles were recovered from the camp. However, no arrests were made.
December 10: Two militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as, Santilal Tripura alias Sathai and Mrinal Debbarma alias Munwi surrendered before the security forces at the Tripura State Rifles Post under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district.

Two NLFT militants, Biswarai Debbarma and Shyamal Debbarma, surrendered before the Assistant Commandant of Tripura State Rifles (10th Battalion) at Murabari Post in the West Tripura District. They also deposited one grenade and 13 rounds of bullets.
One militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Sanjit Kumar Jamatia surrendered before the security forces in Khasiamangal area of Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
December 4: Militants of the NLFT abducted two persons, identified as Shakti Rishidas and Brajendra Das, at gunpoint in the Dhalai district. Both of them are residents of Dalucherra village under Salema police station, and were abducted when they went to graze cattle near the Longtarai hill range.
November 28: Police personnel recovered the dead body of a NLFT militant, identified as Surendra Debbarma of Jaglung Bari, from a pond at Dagamabari under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. Two AK-56 rifles with ammunition were also recovered from the incident site.

Police arrested one militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Karmajoy Reang of Thali Bari, under Taidu police station in the South Tripura district.
November 26: Two militants belonging to the NLFT, Ratna Hajury Jamatia of Bastavmura under Takarjala police station and Sunil Jamatia of Hataikachakpara under Takarjala police station, surrendered to the Deputy Superintendent of Police at Raishyabari in the Dhalai district. They deposited 68 rounds of `303 rifle to the police.
November 24: Assam Rifles personnel in a counter-insurgency operation killed three hardcore militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, at Dagmabari under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. They were identified as Rajmohan Jamatia alias Raima of Teliamura, Baksikia Jamatia of Kamalpur and Shalsi Debbarma. Three AK-56 rifles, seven AK magazines, a grenade, 231 rounds of ammunition, two explosive detonators and some incriminating documents were recovered from the incident site.
Five NLFT militants, Amrit Sadhan Jamatia, Mahenjoy Reang, Pabiram Reang, Abhiram Reang and Manindra Reang, surrendered before the AR personnel at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district. Two firearms and some incriminating documents were deposited by them.
November 18: Assam Rifles personnel arrested one militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Nibedhan Reang, from the Kanchanpur area.
November 9: One NLFT cadre from the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Sudhan Debbarma of Kartik para, was arrested from the West Tripura district.
November 8: Security forces arrested two NLFT militants from the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Raban Debbarma and Surendra Debbarma, from a remote place under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district.
November 4: Security forces during a search operation arrested three NLFT-BM faction cadres, identified as Rajesh Deb Barma, Nil Kanta Deb Barma and Rabindra Deb Barma, from the outskirts of Jam Tilla village in the West Tripura district. Sources revealed that the three militants had been intimidating and coercing the people of West Tripura district to support NLFT-BM faction against their will.
November 2: One NLFT cadre, identified as Haitarai Debbarma of Belapur under Ranirbazar police station, surrendered along with five rounds of SLR before the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Subash Debbarma, at Ganganagar in the same district.
October 31: Two militants belonging to the NLFT, Adhi Mohan Tripura and Sankar Debbarma, were arrested by the SFs during two separate raids at Damcherra and Jirania in the West Tripura district.
October 28: Two NLFT militants, Rambajoy Reang alias Rojung and Biranjoy Reang alias Bikhlai, surrendered before the SFs at Hrangkhal Para under Teliamura police station in the Dhalai district. One 9-mm revolver with 6 live rounds and two 36 HE Grenade are deposited by them.
October 24: A batch of 135 cadres of the NLFT is being imparted guerrilla training at a hide-out in Bangladesh. Two NLFT militants, Sajanrai Reang and Swarna Reang, who surrendered before the security forces at Manikpur in the Dhalai district on October 22, revealed the information that the rigorous training of the fresh batch is almost completed and ‘passing out parade’ is likely to be held by November. They have also revealed that 27 cadres of the batch will be sent to Karachi in Pakistan for specialized training that to be imparted by designated officers of the Pakistani external intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Both the surrendered cadres also confessed that they are imparted arms training in Hongkong.
October 17: The NLFT militants abducted one civilian, Sudhanshu Nath, from Barcherra area under Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district.

Two militants of the NLFT- Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Dipen Tripura and Dharmendra Reang, surrendered to the security forces at Chhawmanu in the Dhalai district along with two country-made guns.
October 8: Three cadres belonging to the NLFT – Biswamohan Debabarma faction, Dushanjoy Tripura, Santi Joy Tripura and Phirak Tripura, surrendered at Bairagi Dukan.

One NLFT–Biswamohan militant, Sakhi Debbarma of Tamakari under Sidhai police station, also surrendered before the Deputy Commandant of the 10^th Tripura State Rifles battalion at an unspecified location along with 10 rounds of `303 ammunitions.

One more NLFT– Biswamohan cadre, Bikramjoy Reang, surrendered to the SFs along with one revolver, one live round and some Bangladeshi currency at an unspecified location.
October 6: One NLFT militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Ram Bahadur Reang, surrendered before the Tripura States Rifles personnel at Subhash Nagar headquarters under Kanchanpur sub-division in the North Tripura district. He deposited one revolver with five rounds of live bullet.
October 4: Tripurainfo reports that the Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT) is carrying out a fresh recruitment drive in the Kanchanpur and Longthorai valleys. About 42 tribal youths were recruited from Mrityunjoypara, Sarbajoypara, Joymonipara and Bhandarima under Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district. Earlier, 32 tribal boys joined the outfit in September 2007. All the new recruits were sent to Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh to receive guerrilla training and they will be reportedly sent back before the February 2008-elections in the State.

One NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Nityananda Tripura, surrenders before the Border Security Force at Chawmanu post in the Dhalai district on.
September 29: Tripurainfo reports that Ranjit Debbarma, ‘president’ of the ATTF, has stated in an online interview to a Website that the NLFT and ATTF are operating jointly. "The present leadership of NLFT is running the organization along correct lines. This has made it possible for us to work together. As of now our relations are very good," Debbarma says. "TPDF (political wing of the ATTF) and NLFT are different organizations; their main objective is one and the same - restoration of Tripura´s sovereign independence. Some leaders of the NLFT were self-centred and promoted selfish interests. They were not genuine revolutionaries. That leadership has gone now," he added.
September 28: A group of suspected militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT attacked the residence of one Prajapati Nama Sudra at Asha Purna Roaja Para under Salema police station of Dhalai district. However, no casualty was reported.

Two NLFT cadres, Tangsa Tripura and Malin Debbarma, are arrested from Mogpara under Gandacherra police station in the Dhalai district.
September 27: An encounter occurs between the NLFT militants and security force (SF) personnel at Patlongjoypara under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. During the subsequent search operation, four Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT) militants, Lankajoy Reang, Nimanjoy Reang, Ganga Rai Reang and Britta Ram Reang, are arrested and three improvised country made guns are recovered. However six other militants, Dharam Reang, Alajoy Reang, Padarai Reang, Thomas Uchai, Santosh Debbarma and Jhan Jamatia, managed to escape from the incident site.
September 23: One suspected NLFT militant, Biswamohan Tripura, is arrested from a hut near Purnaron Rouja Para under Longthorai Valley police station in the Dhalai district. One loaded country-made gun is recovered from him.
September 21: Assam Police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel recover two AK-47 rifles, 36 hand grenades, 69 bullets and collection receipts from a hideout of the NLFT outfit at Khasiapunji in the Karimganj district along the Assam-Tripura border. An album carrying photographs of women cadres of the outfit is also recovered from the hideout.
August 31: Suspected NLFT militants abducted a tribal villager, Negendra Debbarma, from Iswar Chowdhury para under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district.
August 28: Militants of the NLFT attacked a work site of the Northeast Frontier Railway at Swapnabari under Manu police station in the Dhalai district and killed a soldier of the Tripura State Rifles. Police sources said a team of TSR soldiers was escorting railway construction workers from Swapnabari, when the attack occurred. With this incident, at least seven persons, including two security force personnel, have reportedly been killed in August.
August 27: One Tripura State Rifles personnel, Jayanta Roy, is killed by NLFT militants belonging to Biswamohan Debbarma faction at a work site of the North East Frontier Railways at Swapnabari under Manu police station in the West Tripura district. With this incident, at least seven persons, including two security force personnel, have reportedly been killed in August.
August 19: NLFT militants abduct a person, Mohanlal Debbarma, from the Shantir Bazaar area under Kamalpur subdivision of Dhalai district. Mohanlal Debbarma, who is the younger brother of Parimal Debbarma, a local leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, was abducted as he refused to part with funds meant for development work, as demanded by the militants.
August 16: The decomposed body of a suspected collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT is recovered on from Pathlongjoypara under Kanchanpur police station in North Tripura district. Karyai Reang had been abducted by unidentified militants from his house at Pathlongjoypara recently. But his relatives had not informed the police about the incident. Police further said that he was wanted in an extortion case.
August 15: NLFT militants ambush a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrolling party at Prabhumanipara in the Dhalai district, injuring a CRPF constable, Paramjit Yadav.
August 3: Two NLFT militants, identified as Bishnu Ram Tripura and Ranjit Debbarma, surrendered to the Assam Rifles along with two revolvers and live cartridges at Kanchanpur camp in the North Tripura district.
July 31: Security Forces ambushed and killed one NLFT – Biswamohan Debabarma faction militant, identified as Sunaranjan Chakma, at Bilaicherri under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district. One revolver was recovered from the incident site.
July 30: Five unidentified militants belonging to the NLFT surrendered to the SFs at an unspecified location. Two more unidentified cadres, including a self-styled corporal of the same outfit, also surrendered to the police at Gandacherra in the Dhalai district.
July 19: Six unidentified NLFT militants surrendered to the Assam Rifles personnel and deposited one AK-47 rifle and 68 live cartridges at Teliamura in the West Tripura district.
July 16: Four NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Jagatsadan Jamatia, Joy Jamatia, Ukiljoy Jamatia and Saya Jamatiya, surrendered to the Assam Rifles personnel at Teliamura in the West Tripura district along with one AK 47 rifle, 36 rounds of bullet and one Japanese wireless set.

Two collaborators of the NLFT, Krishnamanik Tripura of Raishyabari and Sanjit Debbarma, surrendered to security forces at Hrangkhwalpara under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
July 14: Police recovered the dead body of a 50-year-old Mannya Kumar Tripura from Manikpur in the Dhalai district.
July 13: Mannya Kumar Tripura, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and the vice chairman of the East Govindabari Village Committee under Chawmanu police station in Dhalai district, is abducted along with two Booth Level Officers (BLOs), by Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT militants while returning after taking images of voters of Naisharampara under Chawmanu Assembly constituency in the same district. The two BLOs, identified as Khsetrajoy Reang and Raikumar Tripura, are released later.
July 6: Two members of the NLFT, identified Shankar Debbarma and Mangal Debbarma, are arrested by the security forces at Dasharambari near Jirania in the West Tripura district. A pencil pistol and 20 cartridges are recovered from their possession.
July 1: Suspected NLFT militants abducted three civilians, Manikya Reang, Kunjamohan Reang and Joysingh Reang, from Bhagaicheeri village under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai District.
June 29: Two NLFT cadres, identified as Balendra Reang and Madhuram Rang, surrendered to the security forces at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district.
June 27: Four NLFT militants, identified as Harendra Debbarma, Parthanjoy Reang, J S Jamatiya and A P Jamatiya surrendered to the security forces at Kanchanpur in North Tripura and at Birganj in South Tripura district along with one rifle, two cartridges and one hand grenade.
June 15: Nine unidentified NLFT militants surrendered to the security forces along with two grenades, revolvers and a huge cache of ammunition at Khumulwng in the West Tripura district. Another NLFT militant also surrendered to the police at Khowai. Meanwhile, two more NLFT cadres surrendered to the police at Ompi in the South Tripura district.
June 13: An arrested insurgent belonging to the NLFT, identified as Maniram Tripura, managed to escape from police custody when he is being taken to the Kulai hospital for a routine check up at Kulai in the Dhalai district. He was arrested on June 6 in connection with an ambush on a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol party on the same day in which one BSF personnel is killed at Raisyabari in the Dhalai district.
June 12: Five militants of the NLFT and ATTF surrendered to the Assam Rifles in two separate incidents in Tripura. Three NLFT militants, identified as Binanjoy Reang alias Chang, Bajuban Reang alias Kakhurai and Mary Darlong, surrendered along with two revolvers and ammunition in the North Tripura district. Similarly, two unidentified insurgents of the ATTF surrendered at Kamalpur in the Dhalai district.
June 9: Suspected NLFT militants abducted one civilian, identified as Utpal Debbarma, from Aidangkur under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district.
June 7: One NLFT cadre, identified as Bikramjoy Tripura, is arrested by the security forces from Thalcherra under Raishaybari police station in the Dhalai district in connection with the killing of one Border Security Force personnel on June 6.
June 6: Militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, killed one Border Security Force personnel, identified as Dina Bandhu Pal, patrolling at Raishyabari border under Sikandar para Border out Post in the Dhalai district. Security forces also recovered one magazine of SLR with 20 rounds of cartridges from the incident site.

Three insurgents of the NLFT surrendered before the Central Reserve Police Force at Nutunbazaar in the South Tripura district, along with several live cartridges. Altogether 81 insurgents of different outfits have reportedly surrendered to the SFs since January 2007.
June 4: Two militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Sailen Debbarma and Sankar Jamatia, are killed in an encounter with the SFs at Halamtuicha under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. One Chinese grenade was recovered from the encounter site.

Two collaborators of NLFT and ATTF, identified as Sakti Debbarma of Tuikuipara and Madan Debbarma of Bahadur Sardarpara, surrendered to the SFs at Teliamura in the same district.
June 3: Suspected militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT abducted six labourers from Govindabari under Manikpur police station in the Dhalai district. They are identified as Nikunja Nath of Padmabill in Khowai, Vidhyarai, Hussain Miah, Fakar Miah, Gian Miah and Khalai Miah of Assam.
May 28: The Special Branch (intelligence wing) of Tripura Police revealed that the NLFT, depleted by a spate of desertions and surrenders over the past three years, is preparing to regroup itself and is reportedly planning to carry out a fresh offensive against the security forces. Intelligence sources said that the NLFT chief Biswamohan Debbarma held a meeting with his commanders in a jungle hideout across the Indo-Bangladesh border at Katacherra near Raisyabari in the Dhalai district on May 17 and planned to target camps of the Tripura State Rifles in the interior areas of the State.
May 16: Eight militants, including two women cadres, belonging to the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) surrendered to the security forces along with one revolver, one grenade and 98 rounds of bullets in the West Tripura district.
May 11: Suspected NLFT militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in the Dhalai district. However, no casualties were reported.

Three NLFT militants, Briguram Jamatia, Dhancharai Reang and Mitrojy Reang, surrendered to the security forces along with two country made revolvers at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district.

One collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Rupa Kumar Tripura of Matirai Roaja Para under Salema police station, surrendered to the SF personnel at B. C. Para in the Dhalai district.
May 8: Four militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrender to the Police along with two factory made revolvers- one .38 revolver, three live rounds of cartridges. They were identified as Brajendra Reang alias Buchu, Sandairam Reang alias Samuk Naisiekson, Halam alias Debra and Mrinal Debbarma.
May 7: NLFT militants abduct a civilian, Niru Kumar Debbarma, from Raimohan Sadhupara village under Kalayanpur police station in the West Tripura district on.
May 6: Police arrest a NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Ashok Kumar Debbarma, from Tuisaharpek under Kalyanpur police station in the West Tripura district.
May 4: An encounter between Tripura State Rifles personnel and NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is reported from Chandraipara under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai District.

A NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Tabji Rai Reang, is arrested along with a country-made gun from Rabamanipura under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura District.
April 29: Two cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Jamidar Tripura alias Bhanudoy and Suresh Tripura, surrendered at Karbook in the South Tripura district along with ten live rounds of .303 rifles and ten live rounds of 7.62 SLR.
April 22: One NLFT cadre belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Sandhya Ram Debbarma, surrendered at Hrankhal Para camp in the West Tripura district along with one factory made 9-mm and two live rounds of cartridges.
April 17: Security forces arrested one cadre of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Jariham Reang, from Shilabari under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district along with one country made gun.
April 5: Four hardcore cadres of ATTF and the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of NLFT surrendered to the SFs at Jirania in West Tripura district.
April 3: Two hardcore militants, identified as Laila Tripura alias Boura and Adam Jyoti Tripura, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrendered and deposited two 9-mm revolvers, one grenade and five live rounds of 9-mm revolver at BSF headquarters at Salbagan in the West Tripura district.

One NLFT Biswamohan Debbarma faction cadre, Chandi Charan Tripura alias Lambu, surrendered and deposited 176 rounds of 303 rifle, two rounds of 7.62-mm and two rounds of 9-mm revolver at BSF headquarters in Udaipur in the South Tripura district. Official sources said he escaped from the outfit’s Bangladesh hideout a couple of days ago and contacted the BSF officials.

Another cadre from the NLFT’s Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Govinda Koloi, surrendered and deposited one AK-66 rifle, two magazines and 94 live rounds before the police personnel of Ambassa in the Dhalai district.
March 29: Two extremists of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Reklai Jamatia and Amish Kumar Jamatia, surrendered before the police along with one pistol and three live rounds at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district.
March 6: Two police personnel, Samir Choudhury and Aloke Das, are killed and two others, Shyama Chandra Debbarma and Sukdeb Tripura, are injured in an ambush by the NLFT militants at Binan Hazaripara under Champahawr police station in Khowai subdivision of West Tripura district. Militants also managed to decamp with two AK 47 rifles.
March 6: Three militants, including a 'lance corporal' of the NLFT, are arrested by the security forces following an encounter at Tankarai Para under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district. Four country made guns are recovered from them.
March 5: Tripurainfo reports that personnel of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested four militants operating in Tripura, including a NLFT cadre Suren Debbarma, from Moulavibazaar area on an unspecified date in February. Suren Debbarma was involved in several ambushes on security forces and massacres of civilians in Tripura. He was an 'area commander' of Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT when he led a ambush on TSR, in which 20 security personnel were killed at Hirapur in the West Tripura district on August 20, 2002. Later he defected to NLFT's Biswamohan Debabarma faction.
March 4: An NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Rabarai Reang, is arrested from Sachindra Chowdhury area under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district.
March 2: Militants shot dead two persons, Tikendra Tripura and Tapan Tripura, at Joychandrapara under Langatarai Valley police station in the Dhalai district. Police suspect the involvement of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT.
March 2: Two NLFT militants belonging to Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as ‘Sergeant’ Biralal Kishore Jamatia alias Barchu alias Baga and ‘Corporal’ Nayan Hari Jamatia alias Nanjia, surrender at Jampaijala under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district. They deposit 9mm carbine ammn-20 rounds, 7.62 BDR-8 rounds, Chinese grenade-1. Two collaborators of the same faction, identified as Sailaram Reang and Jagat Sadhan Jamatia, also surrender with them.
March 2: Two militants of the ATTF and NLFT, identified as Biraha Kumar Jamatia alias Yakharia and Geeta Tripura alias Kaplop, surrender at Teliamura in the West Tripura district. They deposit two 38 factory-made revolvers along with six live rounds of 38 ball ammunitions. The report adds that 21 militants surrendered before the 15 Assam Rifles alone in the last four months.
March 1: One NLFT militant, Jwancha Tripura, is shot dead by Dhalai district police at Sajaigroupingpara under Manu police station. While other militants manage to escape, a Chinese grenade is recovered from the encounter site.
February 25: Two unidentified NLFT collaborators are arrested from Kalyanpur and Teliamura police station areas in the West Tripura district.
February 25: Two NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Dinesh Debbarma and Sachindra Debbarma, surrender before Tripura Police at Radhapur in the South Tripura district.
February 24: An 'area commander' of the NLFT, identified as Krishnadhan Debbarma, is killed in retaliatory firing by the security force (SF) personnel who were attacked by the militants at Bablabari village under Champahaor police station in the West Tripura district. SF personnel recovered spent cartridges and other used materials from hideout of the militants who escaped with Debbarma's firearms. Debbarma had reportedly been on the run for the past two years.
February 20: One NLFT militant, Narendra Debbarma alias Kalak, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested from his residence at Tuichakatar village under Salema police station in the in the Dhalai district. Narendra was involved in the abduction of a person, Sailendra Debbarma, from South Panbua under the same police station. A collaborator of the same outfit, identified as Sachindra Debbarma, is also arrested from Champahowar area in the same district.
February 16: A leader of the ruling Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M), Phalendra Reang, who was abducted by NLFT militants at gun point from his residence at Ashapurnaroaja Para area in the Dhalai district on January 8, is released after 39 days of captivity.
February 10: Three NLFT militants, Bimal Debbarma, Mangal Debbarma and Rupchand Debbarma, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender at Khumlwng in the West Tripura district. According to police sources, they escaped from their hideouts in Bangladesh with arms and ammunition.
February 8: A tribal leader belonging to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), identified as Ratansen Tripura, is killed by NLFT militants at his home in the Ratan Nagar village of Dhalai district. Militants while fleeing after the killing shot at and injured another CPI-M worker, Tanijay Tripura, near the Ratan Nagar bridge. Sources said CPI-M leader was killed because he refused to pay extortion to the militants.

Police arrest three NLFT militants, identified as Ratan Tripura, Saidol Asalong and Alakjay Asalong, from a shop in GB Market Square.
February 5: Security force personnel arrested a suspected NLFT militant, Kutti Ram Tripura, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction during a search operation at old Maliraj Roaja para under Salema police station in the Dhalai district.
February 1: The Union Tribal Welfare Minister, Jitendra Chowdhury, said that INR 55 million out of a total INR 550 million is sanctioned as the first instalment for the rehabilitation of the militants of the Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT.
January 25: Seven militants of the ATTF and NLFT surrendered at Hrankhalpara under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. They deposited two 9mm Pistols with 10 rounds, one 9mm Carbine with 10 rounds, two 9mm auto Pistols with 9 rounds and 50 rounds of 303-rifle. The militants are identified as Satya Ranjan Debbarma, Jogal Debbarma, Ashis Kumar Debbarma, Tapan Debbarma, Ashesh Debbarma, Indra Mohan Malsum and Satya Ranjan Debbarma.
January 16: Two NLFT militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Nirmal Debbarma and Binode Debbarma, are arrested following an encounter with the security force personnel at Hari Kumar Para under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district. While one khukri (Nepalese knife) and some incriminating documents are recovered, other militants manage to escape from the incident site.

A NLFT militant, Galpuram Reang, is arrested from Salka Para village under Ompi police station.
January 14: A NLFT militant, Debrai Tripura, is wounded in an internecine clash between cadres of the same outfit at Ananada Royaja Para village under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district.

A NLFT militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Memberjoy Tripura, is arrested during a search operation at village Uju Chakma Para under Raishyabari police station in the Dhalai district.
January 10: The dead body of a youth, Gopaljoy Tripura, who was abducted by NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction from his residence at Chowmanu in the Dhalai district, was recovered from a nearby forest.

2006

December 27: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, while addressing personnel of the Border Security Force at Silacherri Border outpost in the South Tripura district, said that the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT and ATTF run 26 hideouts in Bangladesh. The Chief Minister accused both the outfits of trying to create tension in the State at the behest of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence.
December 26: Three civilians, Anil Debnath and Human Miah and Ahid Miah, are abducted by suspected NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction in the South Tripura district.

NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction trigger two successive landmine blasts at a railway construction site under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. However, no casualty is reported.
December 22: At least four unidentified NLFT cadres surrender before the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Khowai in the West Tripura district. They deposit one two-inch motor bomb, many live cartridges of AK-47 and one country made gun.
December 19: Three NLFT militants, ‘sergeant major’ Daharam Reang alias Dafa, Bellarai Reang alias Binna and Raj Kumar Tripura alias Raja, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender before the Assam Rifles personnel at Bamanchara under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district.
December 18: Two NLFT cadres, Manmohan Tripura and Manoranjan Tripura, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender before the police at Narayanpur in the Gandacherra area of Dhalai district. The duo also deposit one 9-mm revolver with four live rounds of bullet.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar informs the State Legislative Assembly, that 169 persons were killed, 182 injured and 189 abducted by militant outfits, primarily the ATTF and NLFT, between January 1, 2004, and November 30, 2006. 184 incidents of militant attacks were registered in 2004. The figure is 115 in 2005 and 94 in 2006 (till November 30). He informed that 71 security force personnel were killed in militancy-related violence over the past two years. 101 militants are killed during the same period, discloses Sarkar.
December 5: An unidentified NLFT cadre is killed during an encounter with the police personnel at Rainya in the South Tripura district.
November 30: The Deputy Inspector General (Tripura Frontier) of the BSF, P. J. Sebastian, said that the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT and the ATTF has 57 hideouts in Bangladesh, and some of them are located in that country's capital Dhaka. Sebastian informed: "Altogether 172 insurgent camps belonging to NE underground groups are existing in Bangladesh and most of the camps are operating in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Sylhet and Dhaka."
November 26: One NLFT militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Gobinda Reang, surrenders at Longtharai Valley in the Dhalai district. He deposited one AK-47 rifle, 3 magazines, 81 round of live bullets of AK-47, three Chinese grenades and 144 rounds of 7.62 SLR.
November 25: One NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Balindra Debbarma, is arrested by SF personnel during a search operation at Bashikobrapara village under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district. Several subscription notes of the outfit and cash worth INR 7000 were recovered from his possession.

A NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Khikhormoni Tripura, is arrested during a search operation under Manu police station in the Dhalai district.
November 22: Two NLFT cadres are injured in an encounter between Tripura State Rifles personnel and militants at a village along Khowai-Kamalpur bordering areas in the Dhalai district. While the other militants manage to escape, one AK-47 rifle and one Self Loading Rifle are recovered from the encounter site.
November 21: Three NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, 'warrant officer' Rabindar Reang alias Rafai, 'corporal seven' Debbarma and Rajprasad Reang alias Khosa, surrender at Kanchapur. They deposited one AK-47 rifle, one Chinese grenade, three AK magazines with 97 rounds of live bullets and a combat dragger.
November 15: A tribal villager, Amulya Debbarma, is abducted by suspected militants from Barabhagai village under Khowai police station in the West Tripura district. Security force personnel in a subsequent search operation in the same district arrested at least four cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT. While two militants, Bhakta Kaloiand and Ravi Kumar Kaloi, are arrested from Jiyalcherra area under Teliamura police station, two others, Uttam Debbarma and Shambu Charan Debbarma alias Kela, are arrested from South Gakulnagar area under Jirania police station.
November 12: Two NLFT militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Ram Chandra Debbarma and Samir Debbarma, surrender before the Assam Rifles at Bamancherra camp under Kamalpur police station in the Dhalai district. They escape from a militant hideout in Bangladesh, and deposit two country made revolvers to the security force personnel.
November 8: NLFT militants assault villagers at Dhanrai under Taidu police station in the South Tripura district. While one villager, Nabin Debbarma, is injured, at least eight dwelling huts are set ablaze by militants. Such attack on villagers follows the killing of a NLFT militant by SF personnel in an encounter at the same place earlier on the day.

A NLFT militant, Bichitra Debbarma, is killed in an encounter with SF personnel at Dhanrai under Taidu police station in the South Tripura district. Two magazines with 60 rounds and 31 loose bullets of AK series rifles are recovered from his possession.
November 7: An unidentified NLFT militant is killed in an encounter with SF personnel at Nimanjoypara under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district.
November 4: Director General of Police of Tripura, G. M. Srivastava, while expressing concern at a press briefing in Agartala over the increasing violence perpetrated by the NLFT, says that cadres of the outfit are patronized by a section of former MNF leaders. Srivastava also mentions that the NLFT is receiving fresh support from various militant outfits in northeast as well as external forces operating from Bangladesh, by adding that the headquarters of militancy in the region has shifted from Shillong in Meghalaya to Aizawl in Mizoram.
November 1: Intelligence sources report about increasing infiltration by militants in Tripura following the changed political situation in neighbouring Bangladesh. Reports indicate that more than 50 NLFT cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction and at least 30 ATTF cadres crossed over to the State from Bangladesh through porous border in the past 90 days. More than 15 NLFT and 7 ATTF militants enter the State through the Noliabari-Jamia colony area of Khowai sub-division in the West Tripura district in July. “The number has increased considerably in August month,” says the source adding that about 20-25 NLFT and 12-13 ATTF militants infiltrate into the State through Ranthan Chaudhury Para area under Chamanu sub-division in the Dhalai district.
October 29: A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel, identified as Abhijit Biswas, is killed and another wounded by NLFT militants at a remote place between Birmoni para and Padmakumar para under Nepal tilla police station in the Dhalai district. They also escaped with one AK-series rifle of the TSR personnel.

Central Reserve Police Force personnel retalite when NLFT cadres fired upon them while they were patrolling the Ambassa-Gandacherra road on a spot near Jagabandhu para in the Dhalai district. However, no casualties were reported.
October 27: At least four suspected NLFT collaborators, Habel Koloi, Labarai Koloi, Surendera Debbarma and Tipendra Debbarma, are arrested for their involvement in the October 26 militant attack on TSR personnel at Joychandrapara in the Dhalai district in which two TSR personnel were killed.
October 26: NLFT militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction ambush and kill two TSR personnel in the Dhalai district. The TSR personnel were engaged for the protection of the railway construction works at Sindhu Kumarpara in the Dhalai district. The militants took away one AK-47 rifle belong to the TSR personnel.
October 25: NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction kill one Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel and injure an unspecified number of them in a militant ambush at Sindhu Kumar Para under Manu police station in the Dhalai district. Though TSR personnel retaliated, no casualty was reported from the side of the militants.
October 24: A jeep driver, Pranab Modak, is abducted by the NLFT from Behalabari in the West Tripura district along India-Bangladesh border.

Two CRPF personnel, Shyamdev Das and Shravan Kumar, are shot dead by the NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at Dangabari area in the Dhalai district. The militants decamp with one self-loading rifle and one AK-series rifle, wielded by the slain paramilitary personnel, along with a huge cache of explosives.
October 20: Two Tripura State Rifles personnel are killed in an ambush by the NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at Lungfung under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. The militants decamp with two AK series rifles with three magazines each.
October 18: Two NLFT militants, Modi Ram Tripura alias Bimal and Sanjit Debbarma alias Noya, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender before the Border Security Force personnel at Maharanichera under Udaipur sub-division in the South Tripura district.

Bimal and Noya escape without arms from their camp at Laogong in Bangladesh.
October 12: NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction open fire on SF personnel who retaliate resulting in the escape of the militants from Kantiyapara under Champahowar police station in the Khowai subdivision of West Tripura district.

A fully loaded magazine of AK series rifle, bags, medicines and subscription of the banned outfit are recovered from the incident site.
October 5: At least 18 persons are arrested and later interrogated in connection with the October 3 attack by the NLFT on a Silchar-bound civil convoy along the Assam-Tripura National Highway No 44 in which a woman passenger died and three persons were injured.
October 3: NLFT militants attack a Silchar-bound civil convoy along the Assam-Tripura National Highway No 44 killing a woman passenger and injuring three persons at New Kumardhan Para under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
September 28: Tripura Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar, said at a press briefing, "Total number of NLFT and ATTF hideouts in Bangladesh has reduced from 56 to 26 recently," adding, "but there is no room for complacency.

Insurgents have been trying to launch fresh offensive to disrupt the peace in the state and we have to remain vigilant as ever".
September 25: Two NLFT cadres, Chitta Debbarma and Sangram Debbarma, surrender before the security forces at Tulasikhar in the West Tripura district.
September 25: The Commissioner of State Tribal Welfare Department, S. K. Das, says that around 900 hectares of lands are identified in Tripura to rehabilitate the surrendered militants belonging to Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT.
September 24: Three cadres belonging to the ATTF and NLFT surrender before Tripura Police at Kanchanpur. They were identified as Dhanu Debbarma alias Danger, Ajit Debbarma and Manik Reang.
September 24: A NLFT collaborator, Sachindra Tripura, is arrested from Jatindraroaja Para in the Dhalai district.
September 21: An encounter takes place between Assam Rifles personnel and a group of NLFT cadres at Bogapara under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district. However, there are no reports of casualty on either side. The troops latter seized a wireless set, three pistols, a .2-inch mortar, two bolt-action rifles and incriminating documents from the incident site.
September 20: Three NLFT cadres, Birodh Debbarma, Ranjan Debbarma and Ringlina Reang, surrender before the authorities at an unspecified place in the Dhalai district and deposit one 7.62 self-loading rifle and a huge quantity of ammunition.
September 9: Two self styled leaders of the NLFT, Sailen Debbarma and Neru Debbarma, surrender before the Superintendent Police of the West Tripura district, G.S. Rao, at Chakmaghat. The surrendered militants had earlier deserted their camps in Bangladesh.
September 7: A Special Police Officer, Jahindra Debbarma, who was abducted along with five other persons by the NLFT from Gokulpur area under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district on September 4, is shot dead at Kakracherra. However, militants released the five other persons after extracting ransom. Two arrested militants of the outfit confessed during their interrogation about the killing of Jahindra.
September 4: Suspected NLFT militants keep hostage at Baramura Hill range six unidentified persons, abducted by them from village South Gokulnagar under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. Reports add that a group of heavily armed militants entered the village at midnight, abducted 16 tribals at gunpoint, and later released 10 of them. “The NLFT militants had earlier demanded huge subscriptions from the impoverished tribal villagers. As the villagers failed to pay the money, the NLFT militants attacked them. The six hostages are believed to have been taken to Baramura Hill range”, said a police officer.
August 22: A NLFT cadre, Biswamohan Tripura, is arrested following an encounter between SF personnel and militants at an unspecified village in the Chowmanu area of Dhalai district. While a country-make gun is recovered from the possession of the arrested militant, others manage to escape from the encounter site.
August 15: Two tribal villagers, Lamonjoy Reang and Profullajoy Reang, are shot dead by NLFT militants at Tuichama under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district. While Lamonjoy Reang is a surrendered NLFT cadre, his younger brother Profullajoy Reang is a former over-ground collaborator of the outfit.
August 14: The NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack SF personnel who retaliate near Chowmanu-Thacherra road in the Dhalai district. However, a tribal villager, Sadan Bikash Chakma, is injured in the encounter.
August 13: An encounter occurs between security forces and NLFT militants at Dhumkri Reang Para under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district.
August 11: An encounter is reported between the SF personnel and NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at the remote village of Hatungtuichaka under Champahower police station in the West district. The militants manage to escape leaving behind an AK 56 rifle which is recovered subsequently.
August 10: The NLFT along with KLO, MPLF, TPDF and ULFA in a joint statement calls upon the people of the North East region to boycott the Independence Day celebration and also jointly call a 12-hour general strike for August 15.
August 7: Three police personnel, including a Sub Inspector, are killed and two others sustain injuries when suspected NLFT militants ambush a security convoy at Hadukkoloy along the National Highway 44, in the Dhalai district.
August 6: An encounter between SF personnel and cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT is reported at Sakan Thangsang under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. While the militants managed to escape, two country-made guns, one camera and one diary are recovered from the encounter site.
July 30: A NLFT cadre, Fulcharan Debbarma, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is killed in an encounter with the police at Chapaniacherra under Manu police station in the Dhalai district. One grenade is recovered from the possession of the slain militant.
July 29: Two unidentified NLFT cadres belonging to Biswamohan Debbarma faction are killed in an encounter with the security force (SF) personnel at Nilecherra under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. Two country-made guns are recovered from the possession of the slain militants.
July 26: Two NLFT cadres, Giriendra Reang and Ramchandra Reang, are arrested following an encounter with the SFs at Urihampara under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. Two country-made guns and one grenade are recovered from the incident site.
July 22: NLFT cadres belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack SF personnel who retaliate at an unspecified village on Chawmanu-Thalcherra road in the Dhalai district. However, the militants manage to escape from the encounter site.
July 10: Two suspected NLFT cadres are shot dead in an encounter with the SF personnel at village Gudaibari in the Dhalai district. Two SLRs and several rounds of ammunition are recovered from the incident site.
July 6: The Bru Liberation Front of Mizoram (BLFM), a breakaway faction of the Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF), is reported to have entered into an alliance with the NLFT, for acquisition of arms as well as insurgency training techniques.
June 18: A villager, Bishnuram Reang, is abducted at gun-point by the NLFT cadres belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction from village Kanchancherra under Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district.
June 14: A NLFT cadre of the Biswamohan faction, identified as Chitra Kumar Jamatia, is killed in an encounter at Ekjancherra under Ompi police station in the South Tripura district. While a security force personnel, Tapan Shil, is wounded, other militants manage to escape from the incident site.
June 12: Ten NLFT cadres are killed in a one hour-long fierce gun battle with a joint force of Army and the Rapid Action Battalion at Sajek border area under Baghaichhari sub-district in the Rangamati district of Bangladesh. According to Bangladeshi army sources, an estimated 60 to 70 NLFT militants were staying at border area Sajek for the last few days and were confronted by a joint team of Army and RAB-7 led by Lieutenant Colonel Anisur Reza and Major Mahiuddin. Following the gun battle, the NLFT militants managed to escape leaving behind ten dead bodies of their colleagues. The joint force also recovered an unspecified quantity of arms and ammunition from the hideout.
June 9: Five unidentified cadres of the NLFT surrender before the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Kanchanpur, Apan Jamatiya, at Anandanagar in the North Tripura district. According to police sources, one of the five, a 'self-styled sergeant', confessed that top leaders of the outfit are living a lavish life in different towns of neighbouring Bangladesh and other countries, while cadres are facing hardships in the forests of Tripura and Bangladesh and are looking for opportunities to flee from their hideouts.
June 5: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs assures the Tripura Government, following a review meeting held in New Dehi, to release Rupees 20 crore for rehabilitation of the surrendered cadres belonging to the Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT.
June 1: Two NLFT cadres, including an 'area commander' identified as Chaitra Sadhan Jamatya and Sampad Tripura, who have left their hideout at Sajek range in Bangladesh, surrender before the Superintendent of Police (Intelligence) at Agartala, the State capital. They also deposit two AK series rifles, four magazines and 140 rounds of AK rifles.
May 7: A NLFT cadre, Dharmaram Reang, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested in a search operation from Jirania police station area in the West Tripura district.
May 1: A militant collaborator, Balin Halam, is arrested at Champaraipara under Ganganagar police station for his involvement in the April-29 ambush by the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT on SFs.
April 30: A SF personnel, who was wounded in the April-29 ambush by the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT in the Dhalai district, succumbs to his injury, increasing the number of fatalities in the incident to five.
April 29: NLFT cadres kill three SF personnel and injure eight civilians in an ambush at Karnamuni para under Gandacherra sub-division in the Dhalai district. NLFT militant, Paitya Debbarma, was killed as security forces retaliated.
April 28: Three NLFT cadres, Ajit Debbarma, his wife Raitaki Malsam and Milan Jamatia, surrendered at Thalcherra village under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district. The three, who managed to escape from the outfit's hideout at Khagracherra in Bangladesh along with their two-year old baby, deposited one revolver along with some bullets.
April 24: NLFT cadres kill a truck driver, Ratan Roy, and wounded four others at Unish Mile along the Ambassa-Gandacherra road under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district following the withdrawal of the CRPF personnel who reportedly used to escort the vehicles.

Two NLFT cadres, Nityabahadur Malsum and Baganbahadur Malsum, surrender before the Sub Divisional Police Officer Pinaki Samanta at Udaipur, headquarters of the South Tripura district. They also deposited one .9-mm pistol and one Chinese grenade.
April 22: Seven NLFT cadres belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district along with two country-made guns, three country-made revolvers with ammunition and some incriminating documents of the banned outfit.
April 18: An over-ground agent, British Debbarma, of the banned NLFT belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested from Bhangshibari under Champahaur police station in the West Tripura district for his involvement in extortion activities.

A NLFT collaborator belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested following an encounter between NLFT cadres and the police at Manirampara under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district. The arrested collaborator confesses, "Ultras are planning to launch fresh attack in some specific areas to create panic among the villagers." According to intelligence sources, two groups of the outlawed outfit have been moving around Dhomacherra in the Longhthorai Valley subdivision of the same district.
April 10: The Tripura Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar, who holds the Home portfolio, informs the Legislative Assembly that at least 458 militants belonging to the NLFT and ATTF have surrendered in the last two years with the respective surrender figures of 2004 and 2005 as 322 and 136.

April 2: The Tripura Government is decides to set up a new rehabilitation centre at Karamcherra in the Dhalai district to accommodate at least 217 surrendered militants, mostly belonging to the NLFT. Currently, 175 surrendered militants are being imparted training in two vocational centres. They are paid Rupees 2,000 each as stipend besides Rupees 50 each for dearness allowance.
March 26: A NLFT cadre belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested from Thakurgangapara under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district.
March 22: A gang of newly trained 36 NLFT cadres infiltrate from Bangladesh into Tripura through Kamalasagar area under Bishalgarh subdivision in the West Tripura district. "All the 36 militants returned through West Tripura's border with Bangladesh early yesterday morning," said official sources. Reports added that that they were trained at Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.
February 21: A TSR personnel, Lamento Soren, who is wounded in the February 20-attack by suspected NLFT cadres at Jeolcherra in the West Tripura district succumbs to his injury in a hospital.
February 16: Two NLFT collaborators, identified as Rajkumar Debbarma and Sukhumar Debbarma, belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction were arrested from a place under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
February 16: The GAIL suspends work of deep drilling in the interior parts of Atharamura Hill in the West Tripura district till February 20 due to the February 14-attack by the NLFT in which three workers were killed. At least 200 workers were withdrawn from the work sites fearing more attacks.
February 15: Two TSR personnel, Chinmoy Das and Sushanta Reang, are wounded in an ambush by NLFT cadres at Baluwa under Sidhai police station in the West Tripura district.
February 14: Three Gas Authority of India Limited employees are shot dead in an ambush by NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at Badaniapara in the West Tripura district. The victims are identified as Sujan Saha, Harendra Malakar and Gopal Sarkar.
February 8: An ‘area commander’ of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Chalamiya Jamatia, is shot dead by the security force (SF) personnel in an encounter at Akhil Chandra Para village under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district. A grenade and some incriminating documents of the banned outfit are recovered from the incident site.
January 23: The leader of the Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of NLFT, Ha-Sa-Magi Angel Mikhail Borok, complains to the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil about the non-implementation of the tripartite agreement reached between the Centre, Tripura Government and the outfit in December 2004.
January 22: In a counter insurgency operation, personnel of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) neutralize a NLFT hideout at Tailingbari under Amarpur subdivision in the South Tripura district. One wireless set, 25 kilograms of rice and some incriminating documents are recovered from the hideout.
January 22: Three of the six abducted residents of Aswini Roaja Para area under Raisyabari police station in the West Tripura district are released by the NLFT.
January 19: Four collaborators of the NLFT are arrested at Gourcharanpara under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. Two of them were reportedly arrested while engaged in extortion. Two guns are recovered from the incident site.
January 12: Three NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Shankar Debbarma, Sunil Debbarma and Jugal Debbarma, surrender before the Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Kambli, at AD Nagar in the West Tripura district. They also surrender two AK-56 rifles, six magazines, one grenade and 244 rounds of live bullets. However, before surrendering, the three militants kill one of their associates, Sanjana Debbarma, who has been allegedly resisting the surrender.
January 11: Seven activists of the ruling Communist Party of India (CPI-M), including their local leader Harendra Tripura, are abducted by the NLFT from the Aswini Roajapara village under Raishyabari police station in Dhalai district.
January 6: Thirteen NLFT cadres, including two women, belonging to the Joshua faction led by self styled ‘commander’, Rajesh Debbarma, surrender along with three 7.62 mm SLRs, one 303 rifles, five 9mm revolvers, five Chinese grenades and 300 rounds of ammunition at the Assam Rifles headquarters in Agartala.
January 4: A militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Sukanta Debbarma alias Raja, is killed and two others, Madan Debbarma and Buyar Debbarma, are arrested at Latiacherra village under Bishramganj police station in the West Tripura district. One grenade, 10 rounds of AK series bullets and incriminating documents are also recovered from the incident site.
January 4: A hardcore NLFT militant is killed during an encounter with the TSR personnel at Bishramganj in the West Tripura district.
January 2: A NLFT collaborator, Jahar Debbarma, is arrested from West Shyamnagar under Takarjala police station in the Dhalai district.
January 2: Thirty-three militants belonging to the outlawed NLFT and ATTF surrender along with 18 weapons before the State police chief, G. M. Srivastava. The surrendered militants include Sadhana Debbarma, wife of an NLFT faction leader, Jogendra Debbarma alias Joshua.

2005

December 30: A militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Uttam Debbarma, is killed by the SFs at Ultacherra in the Dhalai district.
December 25: NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack and injure two civilians, Ugrasen Reang and Biswamani Debbarma, at Abhiram Para village under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district.
December 20: Three NLFT cadres are killed during an internecine clash in the Kill area of South Tripura district.
November 21: Four persons, including three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, are killed and six others sustain injuries when suspected NLFT cadres ambush a BSF patrol party at Chandrakantapara under Raisyabari police station in the Dhalai district.
November 17: Three NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction are arrested from Joimanipara and Loikhungpara villages in the North Tripura district. Two country made rifles along with incriminating documents are recovered from them.
November 15: Suspected NLFT militants kill three women and injure two other villagers at Bambpur under Birganj police station in the South Tripura district.
November 12: NLFT cadres abduct Jantrana Tripura, a tribal CPI-M leader and chairman of a village development committee, in the South Tripura district.
November 12: A tribal youth, Chandra Malsum, sustains injuries after being caught in a crossfire between the TSR personnel and a group of NLFT militants at Bikrammalsumpara village under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district.
November 11: Two NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Chandra Malsam alias Choka and Bhandra Mohan Reang, surrender to the SFs along with an AK-66 rifle, three magazines, 221 live rounds of AK series, a set of police uniform and some incriminating documents.
November 3: Four persons are abducted by NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction from Chakmaghat Bazaar under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
October 28: Suspected NLFT cadres kill Kartik Tripura, a senior tribal leader belonging to the ruling CPI-M, in the Dhalai district.
October 28: A NLFT cadre, Swaraj Debbarma, is arrested after villagers of Chhailengta inform the police about the presence of militants in their village. A pistol is recovered from Swaraj’s possession.
October 27: A NLFT cadre surrenders before personnel of the TSR at Tuisama in the North Tripura district.
October 26: The NLFT kills two TSR personnel and injures another during an ambush at Nandakumarpara under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district.
October 25: Two persons are abducted by the NLFT at Baiboncherra in the Dhalai district.
October 8: A NLFT cadre, Pushapjay Tripura, is killed during an encounter with the police in the remote Biswaramroajapara village under Chhawmanu police station area of Dhalai district. A Chinese grenade is recovered from the encounter site.
October 3: Suspected NLFT militants abduct two workers of a private construction company at Chayakumarpara in the Dhalai district.
October 1: The Union Government extends the ban imposed on the NLFT for two years, till October 2, 2007.
September 25: The NLFT kills eight non-tribal villagers, including four women and two children, and injures three others at Debnath Para in the West Tripura district.
September 12: A NLFT collaborator, Lamenjoy Reang, is arrested from Dhangabari village under Gandacherra police station limits.
September 11: A NLFT cadre, Matanga Reang, surrenders before the police at Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district. He also deposits a Chinese automatic pistol, two grenades and some ammunition.
September 3: A NLFT collaborator belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Bijoy Debbarma, surrenders before the SFs at Champahowar under Khowai subdivision in the West Tripura district. He deposits a country made gun with fifty live rounds of 7.62 rifle.
September 2: Eighty-six militants belonging to the NLFT and ATTF, including four women cadres, surrender before the State police chief, G M Srivastava, at Agartala. The surrendered militants deposit one light machine gun, 13 AK-47 rifles, 11 self-loading rifles, two Chinese rifles, seven revolvers, 23 grenades and a huge quantity of ammunition.
August 31: An ‘area commander’ of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Jaipal Tripura, is killed in an encounter with the SFs at Naitongcherra under Manu police station in the Dhalai district.
August 26: Two NLFT cadres, Charanjoy Debbarma and Kachya Reang, surrender at the capital Agartala before the Assam Rifles authorities along with a 51 mm mortar, four Chinese grenades and 60 rounds of ammunition.
August 25: Two NLFT cadres, Rati Mohan Debbarma and Anil Debbarma, surrender before the Commanding Officer of sixth battalion of TSR at Tulasikhar camp under Champahawor police station in the West Tripura district. They deposit one SLR, one magazine of 7.62 rifles with 110 rounds of live bullets, one Chinese grenade and 65 rounds of AK-47 rifle.
August 20: Four NLFT militants, Malicharan Debbarma, Nijaram Koloi, Bimal Reang and Sumanjay Tripura, surrender at Manu police station in the Dhalai district.
August 15: Four NLFT cadres are killed and another sustains injuries during an internecine clash over the issue of surrender at Longtarai hill range in the Dhalai district.
August 18: Fourteen NLFT militants surrender at the Nepaltilla police station in Dhalai district. The Superintendent of Police in Dhalai district said that the 14, led by ‘commander’ Dipankar Debbarma, deposited one light machine gun, three AK-56 rifles, five SLRs, one Chinese rifle, two grenades and 650 rounds of SLR and AK rifle ammunition.
August 12: A cadre of the NLFT is killed in an encounter with the police at Gandacherra in the Dhalai district. A China-made rifle is recovered from the deceased.
August 1: Police arrests two NLFT cadres, Kripa Mohan Tripura and Raj Kumar Reang, from the Longtarai valley area.
August 1: The NLFT releases a woman teacher, Rita Pal, whom they have abducted earlier from Ultabari SB School in the Khowai sub-division of West Tripura district.
July 31: NLFT cadres set ablaze 21 houses in the remote Debendrapara village in Dhalai district. Five villagers are injured in the attack, which is believed to be in retaliation for the arrest of a hardcore NLFT cadre from the area.
June 29: Two NLFT cadres, Chandraham Reang and Ratan Kumar Debbarma, are arrested from Abhiram Para village under Ambasa police station in the Dhalai district.
June 22: Two NLFT militants, Mujibar Malsum and Shyama Debbarma, are arrested from Utlabari under Khowai police station and Jirania respectively in the West Tripura district.
June 18: A NLFT collaborator belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Ajit Debbarma, is arrested from Shyamnagar in the Dhalai district. Another NLFT collaborator, Malashwar Chakma, is arrested from Ujjan Buyacherra village and a country made gun along with some bullets is recovered from his possession.
June 15: The SFs launch a six-day operation targeting terrorists of the NLFT in the Ampi, Udaipur, Taidu, Takarjala, Bishalgarh, Sringar and Jirania areas of West and South Tripura districts.
June 14: The NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack a team of SF personnel at Chakbeha in the Dhalai district. They manage to escape subsequent to a counter attack by the SFs. No casualty on either side is reported. A civilian, identified as Lalitdhan Reang, is arrested and some