News No. 68/2015:
Thursday, May 14, 2015
TWO JUMMA persons were
alleged to have been arrested on Wednesday by army in Guimara, although it
denied it made any arrest.
The arrested have been
identified as Bikop Tripura alias Joy (28) son of Bahon Kumar Tripura from
Master Para village in Ballyachari and Ritish Tripura (35) son of
Hirendra Tripura (village head) of village Kabutorchara, Ballyachari.
The former is an ex-member
of the JSS (M. N. Larma faction).
According to sources,
on Monday night a huge number of army personnel from Guimara Brigade went out
on an operation in Ballyachari.
They split into four
groups and searched at least seventeen houses in rubber plantation No. 1,
Master Para and Kabutorchara.
The soldiers raided
the house of Bahon Tripura in Master Para and arrested his son Bikop Tripura.
About the same time
Ritish Tripura was taken away from his house in Kabutorchara village.
Following the arrests,
the family members of the arrested persons contected the army officers who
denied they arrested any one during the operation, causing anxiety for their
safety.
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