Five NLFT militants surrendered before the police at Anandabazar police station under North Tripura District on Friday. They laid down some sharp weapons.
With this, a total of seven NLFT cadres of Parimal Debbarma (PD) faction surrendered to the security forces during the last two days as two extremists surrendered without any arms before the Anandabazar Police on Thursday.
The five extremists who surrendered today were Rambadal Tripura(40) of Surjyahampara, Swapan Tripura(16) of Ramani Kumar Para, Jalaksa Tripura (38) of Surjyahampara, Jaba Ranjan Tripura (38) of Surjyahampara and Khajendra Reang (28) of Sarpojay para.
After the preliminary interrogation they revealed that they joined NLFT (PD) in Bangladesh. The cadres from their field experience realized their cause for independence of Tripura has lost its relevance. On the other hand presently NLFT facing serious financial crisis and they are feeling frustrated.
In view of the fund crunch, disillusionment and tight security, the many of the cadres who joined the NLFT are now quitting the outfit and to return to main stream of society.
