“Two leaders of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) were arrested from West Tripura district when they entered India from neighbouring Bangladesh,” police said on December 15.
“Sachin Debbarma, the former chief of army staff of the proscribed outfit, and its political secretary Utpal Debbarma, who have been accused of being involved in killings, abductions, extortions and waging war against the country, were apprehended on December 14 night from Simna area near the international border,” a senior officer said.
"We had specific inputs that Sachin and Utpal will enter the State's territory from Bangladesh on December 14 night. We laid traps and apprehended them when they crossed over the border from Bangladesh," Special Branch (SB) DIG Krishnendu Chakraborty told PTI.
