(Representational Image)More than a fortnight after they were kidnapped near the Bangladesh border, the three border fencing workers have been released by National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT-BM) ultras. Bangladeshi security forces conducted extensive search operations within their territory, which prompted the ultras to lower their ante and release the hostages, the official said. Tripura Police had said that coordinated search operations were conducted on both sides of the Indo-Bangla border to rescue the workers. NLFT, which kidnapped the border fencing workers, was formed on March 12, 1989 with the slogan of sovereign Tripura. However, a small faction of the outfit is still active, which according to intelligence sleuths, is hiding away across the international border in Bangladesh.

Source: Indian Express December 24, 2020 07:30 UTC