Militants release eight hostages

AGARTALA, APRIL 3. Altogether eight hostages have been released from insurgents' captivity while security forces nabbed five collaborators of the militants in different incidents in Tripura, police said today.

Three fishermen who were kidnapped from Dambur lake area in south Tripura district by insurgents of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) on March 17 last, returned home on Sunday night unhurt, sources said.

Three non-tribals and two small traders who were kidnapped by the NLFT militants from Bampur area in south Tripura district on March 16 and Manikpur Bazar in Dhali district on March 29 last were also released, they added.

- PTI

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