NLFT extortion notices in 3 Tripura villages

Banned militant outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) has sent extortion notices to three village committee chairman in Dhalai district, police said Wednesday.

Extortion notices were sent to the chairmen of Purba Potacherra, Raima and Boalkhali villages in Dhalai district Tuesday, Officer-in-charge of Raisyabari police station, Soleman Reang told reporters.

Assistant Inspector General (Law and Order), Smriti Ranjan Das said police has received complaints from villagers and investigation is on.

"We would alert BSF because those villages are near the Chittagong Hill Tract of Bangladesh and we are also keeping a close vigil on the situation and patrolling by state police force was intensified in the area," Das told PTI.

The AIG said a small splinter group of NLFT still has makeshift camps inside the Chittagong Hill Tract.

"We are cautious, but do not consider the incident as very serious. When poor tribal shifting cultivators go to collect forest produces, the ultras hand over some extortion notices and direct them to drop the notices near government offices or near some ones house. The cultivators are forced to do that," Das said.