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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Protesters demand crackdown on B'deshi armed group in Tripura
Agartala: About 1,000 protesters under the banner of the Conscious Citizens' Forum staged a demonstration at Amarpur in Gomati district of Tripura on Tuesday, demanding crackdown on Bangladeshi armed group Parbattyo Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS). The protesters submitted a memorandum to chief minister Manik Saha, seeking action against the Bangladeshi armed group PCJSS led by Santu Larma. The memorandum alleged, "While illegal infiltrators from Bangladesh regularly enter Tripura through various border points, the PCJSS is orchestrating organised illegal immigration." It claimed that overground leaders and cadres of the PCJSS from Bangladesh have settled in Tripura, while armed cadres have established camps in border areas within the state. It cited the arrest of 13 members of the Santu group from Hapania in Agartala, who were receiving medical treatment for injuries sustained while illegally entering India, as evidence of the group's deep infiltration. The memorandum further alleged that PCJSS members are involved in drug trafficking, smuggling of Burmese cigarettes, cattle trafficking, and arms smuggling. It claimed that the group receives financial and political support from Pakistan's ISI and elements within Bangladesh. According to the memorandum, PCJSS members have settled in Nandan Nagar and Nagicherra in Agartala, and established armed camps in Narayanpur, Mog Para, Lakkhidar Para, Korollyachari, Kamalakha (Gandachara sub-division), Midhingechari (Kanchanpur sub-division), and Sushenpara (Baghechara) under Amarpur Division along the Indo-Bangladesh border. The protestors alleged that PCJSS cadres demand taxes from Indian citizens visiting border areas and intimidate them, preventing any activity along the border. They also claimed that PCJSS cadres threaten Indian citizens inside Tripura through their Indian agents. The memorandum demanded immediate and strict action to secure Tripura's borders, arrest and deport all PCJSS leaders and cadres, and dismantle their camps within the state. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Time of India
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
B'deshi armed group under scanner of Mizoram Police
1 2 3 4 Aizawl: Senior police officials in Mizoram are reportedly taking a serious view of the alleged illegal activities of the Parbottya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), a Bangladeshi armed group led by Jyotirindra Bodhipriyo Larma alias Santu Larma, in both Mizoram and Tripura. A senior police official said appropriate action will be taken against the Bangladesh-based Chakma outfit if its cadres are found venturing into Mizoram and indulging in illegal activities, as they have reportedly done in the past. Hundreds of people, both tribals and non-tribals, on Wednesday protested at Nutan Bazaar in South Tripura, submitting a memorandum to their CM Manik Saha, demanding expulsion of members of the Bangladeshi armed group from India. According to the memorandum, the PCJSS (Santu faction) has been accused of spoiling the lives of youths in the northeast through drug trafficking, using India as a shelter after committing murders in Bangladesh, and also carrying out anti-India activities from Bangladesh. This includes the alleged formation of the Tripura United National Front (TUNF) and sheltering them in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) of Bangladesh. In India, members of the PCJSS (Santu) group are allegedly involved in trafficking of arms, drugs (including Yaba tablets), Burmese cigarettes and cows, which protestors claim is "destroying the youths of Tripura and Mizoram." The memorandum detailed recent seizures linked to the outfit's activities. Last year on Dec 30, Tripura Police reportedly seized 2,720 Burmese cigarette packets worth Rs 9 lakh from Raishyabari in Dhalai district. Recently, on June 19, the Assam Rifles reportedly seized drugs worth Rs 10 crore from Lunglei town in Mizoram. Furthermore, on Feb 12, Mizoram Police reportedly confiscated a significant cache of weapons. On June 4, Tripura Police arrested 13 cadres of the group and subsequently deported them to Bangladesh. The protestors alleged that the PCJSS (Santu) has evolved into a "transnational trafficking gang."
