AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): Ahead of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election one militant belonging to banned outfits National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) surrendered to Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday evening after escaping from Bangladesh camp.Talking to TIWN on Monday evening Officer-In-Charge of Natunbazar Police Station Jawhar Debbarma said that after surrender the militant namely Prabathari Jamatia (35) at Chaplingcherra Border Out Post (BOP) of 47 battalion in Nutanbazar handed over one Chinese Pistol, one magazine and a Chinese grenade, Jawhar Debbarma added.At present the Border Security Force (BSF) officials are interrogation the militant. It is believed that during the interrogation several plans of NLFT likely to be revealed, Debbarma mentioned.He further added that Prabathari Jamatia (35) joined the banned outfits National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT in 1998 but surrendered on 2004. Later, again he joined the outlawed organization in 2007.

 It is to be mentioned here that earlier taking to TIWN Inspector General of BSF Tripura frontier B.N. Sharma said that around 32 camps and hideouts of northeast India militant groups still exist in different parts of Bangladesh. We have asked the BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) to dismantle these camps and to take action against the terrorists.

He said the terrorist outfits of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur and Nagaland have set up their camps and hideouts in different parts of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) (in southeast Bangladesh) and Moulvibazar and Sylhet districts (under Sylhet division in northeastern Bangladesh).  Of the total 32 militant camps, 21 ultras from Tripura having all the hideouts, mostly belonging to banned outfits National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), he added.

These outfits include National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), United Liberation Front of Asom, National Liberation Front of Tripura and Garo National Liberation Army, BSF IG mentioned.

Most of these hideouts were concentrated at Chittagong Hill Track (CHT) in the neighboring country Bangladesh. The insurgents were using Tripura-Mizoram-Bangladesh tri-junction as corridor, security agencies including Assam Riffles and Tripura State Riffles (TSR) have been trying hard to stop infiltration of militants from across the border, the IG further mentioned.

"After Bangladesh security forces undertook occasional crackdowns against the northeast India militants, some terrorists have taken shelter in the jungles of neighbouring Myanmar," he added.