AGARTALA, May 5 (TIWN): The banned outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is still carrying out their operation from Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) at Bangladesh. Talking to TIWN on Tuesday over telephone IGP (HGs & Police Control) Nepal Chandra Das said that the banned outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is still carrying out their operation from Bangladesh. Nepal Chandra Das further added that latest intelligence reports indicated zero militant movement inside the State. “We are, however, aware of militant activities on the other side of the border”, he said. “Jhumias can go for harvesting in far-flung areas but they will have to return home before sunset. Permanent security posts have been put in place in each village to ensure safety of villagers. Providing security to each jhum hut is not possible at night considering the adverse geographical position”, he said. Asked about special measures adopted to tackle the situation, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nepal Chandra Das said that all border areas with neighbouring Bangladesh were put under tight vigil. “We have asked BSF authorities to tighten security in the border. The contingent of CRPF deployed in the state was alerted as well”, he added.

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.

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, IGP further mentioned.

Four Indian northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam share an 1,880-km border with Bangladesh. The mountainous terrain, dense forests and other hindrances make the unfenced borders porous and vulnerable, enabling illegal immigrants and intruders cross over without any hurdle. 
India is erecting a fence and putting up floodlights along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram to check trans-border movement of militants, and to check border crimes.