AGARTALAG: In a major attack, National Liberation Front of Tripura {NLFT) militants shot dead five Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans and looted their arms and ammunition in west Tripura last Wednesday night, official sources said,

In a separate incident, two extremist were killed in the same district. State Home Minister Samar ‘Chowdhury said the heavily armed NLFT guerillas ambushed a CISF party near Gabardi, 30 km from here and killed the five CISF jawans on the spot. The driver of the vehicle was seriously injured.

Article extracted from this publication >>  April 10, 1996