Agartala, June 24: The personal security officer of a member of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomus District Council (TTAADC) has been kidnapped by a group of armed militants from Baxamunipara in Dhalai district, police said today. They said suspected insurgents of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) kidnapped Sunendu Chakma, the PSO of Upendra Reang, a member of TTAADC and leader of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), last evening, from Baxamunipara under Chhamanu Police Station of the district while he was returning home.


The INPT is the ruling party in the 30-member tribal council.
Meanwhile, a search operation has been launched in the area to rescue the kidnapped PSO, police said.

Bureau Report