13 cadres of PCJSS of CHT arrested from Agartala in injured conditions

Altogether 13 cadres of the Parbottyo Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) including three women who were injured in the armed clashes with their rival group, United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), at Panchari in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh from 29 to 31 May 202 were arrested by Agartala city police on June 3rd night from a rented house near Tripura Medical College (TMC) in Hapania.

Sources said that they were injured in an alleged armed clash and crossed over to India for treatment and last night, the Tripura Police arrested them from a rented private house in front of Nirmal Hotel, Biswas Para, Near Tripura Medical College (TMC) under Amtali Police Station.

Sources added that  they were under treatment - most of them were bandaged etc.  They are likely to be produced before the court on Wednesday, but police till evening did not disclose the next for further legal proceedings.

Sources said that the PCJSS (Santu) Group has been under scrutiny of the Indian security forces as Santu Larma has been kept as the Chairman of the CHT Regional Council by Dr Mohammed Yunus and Bangladesh Army. For the last 27 years, Santu Larma has held the position of the Chairman of the CHT Regional Council as many Presidents, Chief Justices, Army Chief and Prime Ministers of Bangladesh had to flee the country. Though Larma holds the rank of Minister of State, he has been allowed to keep his private army, PCJSS (Santu) , to engage in fratricidal killings among the tribals.

Santu Larma has come under scrutiny of India because of his close connections with Pakistan's ISI. Santu Larma is believed to have formed a new insurgent group, Tripura United National Front (TUNF), as an ISI ploy to destabilise India.