Tripura (Insurgency North East): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2015

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January - 1	The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) has suffered another split with "commander" Prabhat Jamatya (39), in early December 2014, leaving the group's camp in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh with more than 25 followers and a large number of arms and ammunition, reports Read more... The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) has suffered another split with "commander" Prabhat Jamatya (39), in early December 2014, leaving the group's camp in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh with more than 25 followers and a large number of arms and ammunition, reports The Telegraph. NLFT-Prabhat, have based themselves in the large and sprawling house of a retired Bangladeshi Policeman in Rajghat the tea garden area under Chunarughat subdistrict of Bangladesh, which borders Monaibari under Khowai Subdivision of Tripura. The rebels have started sending "tax"' notices to Indian residents from across the border.Sources in the Special Branch (intelligence wing) of the State Police confirmed the movement of more than 25 NLFT-Prabhat rebels in the area. They said the group's main purpose was to create trouble during the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls and extort money from candidates and parties."According to our reports, all the militants are armed. They have 10 AK-series rifles, 10 stenguns, six .303 rifles and a number of grenades. The NLFT is terribly short of money and resources because returns from 'tax' collection and ransom from abductions have fallen precipitously. More than any political purpose, their aim is to keep the group going," a senior SB official said. Read less...
January - 3	Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on January 3 saidthe decade-old militancy still persists in some areas of the State, reports The Assam Tribune. “The insurgency has not been uprooted yet despite all out efforts. Militants are still on the operational mode in some interior places of the State” Read more... Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on January 3 saidthe decade-old militancy still persists in some areas of the State, reports The Assam Tribune. “The insurgency has not been uprooted yet despite all out efforts. Militants are still on the operational mode in some interior places of the State”, he said while addressing a gathering to mark the Police Day in Agartala. Read less...
January - 4	Director General of Police (DGP) K. Nagaraj on January 4 claimed that insurgency has been largely contained in the State with only eight extremist-related incidents registered in the State during 2014 whereas it was nine in the year 2013, reports The Assam Tribune. The number of abduction cases has Read more... Director General of Police (DGP) K. Nagaraj on January 4 claimed that insurgency has been largely contained in the State with only eight extremist-related incidents registered in the State during 2014 whereas it was nine in the year 2013, reports The Assam Tribune. The number of abduction cases has reduced to eight in the year 2014 against ten in the previous year and only one kidnapped person is still in militant captivity adds The Telegraph. "A major achievement was the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition by Assam Rifles jawans from Mizoram on July 2 last year. Acting on specific information, the Assam Rifles jawans of the 45th battalion seized six AK-series rifles, three G-3 rifles and one light machine gun. Twenty-five NLFT [National Liberation Front of Tripura] militants surrendered to the state government in 2014," Nagaraj said.Times of India further reports that DGP K Nagaraj, during his interaction with the media, added, "Since November 2013, Bangladesh Army, Rapid Action Battalion and Border Guards of Bangladesh have conducted a number of operations against Indian militants, destroyed several NLFT camps and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition ". Read less...
January - 26	Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on January 26 said that his government would not allow any attempt to divide the state, reports The Business Standard."A section of people are trying to split the state and to disturb the peace. The Left Front government would resist the move with its all out efforts," Sa Read more... Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on January 26 said that his government would not allow any attempt to divide the state, reports The Business Standard."A section of people are trying to split the state and to disturb the peace. The Left Front government would resist the move with its all out efforts," Sarkar said after unfurling the tricolour at the Assam Rifles ground in Agratala. CM Manik Sarkar, who holds the home portfolio, said that the State Government has successfully tamed the over 40-year-old terrorism problem in the state but some people are trying to revive militancy for narrow political interests. He said: "Despite the security forces best efforts and people' resistance, terrorism is yet to be curbed entirely. The militants still have camps in neighbouring Bangladesh." The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), a tribal-based political party, has been demanding a separate state to be carved out of Tripura, by upgrading the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).The TTAADC was formed by amending the Constitution in 1985 for the socio-economic development of the tribals, who constitute one third of State's 3.7 million populations. Read less...
January - 28	The Jampui Mizo Convention (JMC), have intensified their demand for a regional council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution for the development of the Mizo-dominated areas in North Tripura District, reports The Telegraph. A delegation of the JMC led by its ‘secretary’ L.Z. Sailo has sought a Read more... The Jampui Mizo Convention (JMC), have intensified their demand for a regional council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution for the development of the Mizo-dominated areas in North Tripura District, reports The Telegraph. A delegation of the JMC led by its ‘secretary’ L.Z. Sailo has sought appointment with Tripura Governor P.B. Acharya to discuss the issue. Over 14,000 Mizos live in the 12 villages straddling Jampui-Sakhantang hills bordering Mizoram, which is part of the Kanchanapur Assembly constituency. "The Jampui-Sakhantang hill is not only culturally different from the rest of the state, including the indigenous communities, but is also economically backward and geographically isolated. No development has taken place here. This is why we are demanding a regional council to take care of our demands," Sailo said. Read less...

*Data till , February 25, 2020

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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