CRPF trooper injured in NLFT ambush

National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) rebels ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force team in Ganganagar in Tripuras remote Dhalai District late last night, and grievously injured a CRPF trooper.

By Pinaki Das

Agartala, Aug.15 : National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) rebels ambushed a Central Reserve Police Force team in Ganganagar in Tripura's remote Dhalai District late last night, and grievously injured a CRPF trooper.

CRPF sources said that 35-year-old Chandrajit Yadav of Bihar and a member of 133 CRPF was in serious condition, and has been admitted to the Agartala Government Medical College.

The ambush is said to have taken place 165 kilometres from Tripura capital Agartala.

The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was formed on March 12, 1989. It split four times - in 1993, 2000, 2001 and 2003 because of the personal ambitions of the leaders and parochial religious considerations.

The NLFT was outlawed in April 1997 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following its involvement in terrorist and subversive activities. It is also proscribed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), 2002.

The purported objective of the NLFT is to establish an 'independent' Tripura through an armed struggle following the liberation from 'Indian neo- colonialism and imperialism' and furtherance of a 'distinct and independent identity'.

ANI