National Liberation Front of Tripura

The National Liberation Front of Tripura (abbreviated NLFT) is a banned Tripuri nationalist terrorist organisation based in Tripura, India. It has an estimated 550 to 850 members. Quotes The most prominent among the terrorist outfits of Tripura is the NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura). It employs terror tactics to effect mass conversion to Christianity (The Statesman 1999, 2000; Ghosh 1999) and is a predominantly Baptist (Protestant) organisatian. Whatever token non-Christian representation it had, it has lost recently. Nayanbashi Jamatiya, a Hindu leader, led a revolt against the policy of forcible conversion of the NLFT and left a rebel camp in neighbouring Bangladesh with his followers. On April 8, 2001, while his party was moving towards the Indian border; it was attacked by the main group; seven activists were killed and he himself was seriously injured and taken to a government hospital in Bangladesh. Separatism in North-East India– Role of Religion, Language and Script Autorius (-iai): Dr. Kunal Ghosh External links Category:Terrorism in India Category:Organizations and people designated as terrorist Category:Tripura