Aizawl, Apr 3 : Militants of the National
Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) operating from Bangladesh
were behind the abduction of six executives of the Assam-based
Anupam Bricks and Concrete Industries (ABCI) from south
Mizoram, the police said today.
A senior police official said they had proof that the
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants
operating from Bangladesh were responsible for the kidnapping.
"We suspect that the militants had kept the hostages
were in their hideout in Bangladesh," the official said.
However, no ransom demand was received by the ABCI or
the state government and the NLFT was yet to claim
responsibility for the abduction.
Six executives of the ABCI, engaged in construction
of Indo-Bangladesh border fencing were abducted by an armed
group of militants at around midnight of March 25.
NLFT was set up in 1989 with an objective to form an
independent Tripura but it reportedly suffered several splits
and became faction ridden over the years.