Suspected
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) kidnapped GREF site
in-charge Hukum Singh and driver Thang Chuka near Tuipui in Mizoram to
avenge the arrest of two extremists, police said.
Police
officials in Agartala said on Tuesday the incident occurred close to
the international boundary with Bangladesh. The GREF officers and staff
are engaged in the construction of the border road in the area.
There
is a suspicion that the extremists fled with the kidnapped men to
Bangladesh. Numerous abductions have occurred in
Tripura-Mizoram-Bangladesh border over the last years, mainly to extract
ransom.
Sources said the
extremists kidnapped 14 people, but released the rest except two. NLFT
leader Krishnamohan Jamatia believed to have led the raid.
The
incident occurred within hours of Mizoram police arresting two NLFT
extremists in Champai. An M-16 Rifle and ammunition was recovered from
their possession.
Police, Assam Rifles and Tripura State Rifles (TSR) have been put on alert in Kanchanpur in north Tripura .