Indian security forces in a joint operation with their Bangladeshi counterparts gunned down eight National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants in Chittagong Hill Tracts of the neighboring country last month. The security forces destroyed many of their hideouts in Khagracherri district of Bangladesh forcing NLFT rebels to flee to nearby Bandarban district.Indian forces along with a Tripura police team and two surrendered rebels, had left for the neighboring country on November 17, to take part in anti-insurgency operations. The combined team of security forces from both countries subsequently launched an operation on November 22 and the next day, they arrested NLFT commander Kwaplai Debbarma, alias Karna, from the house of a former All Tripura Tiger Force commander Jewel Debbarma.
Following Debbarma's arrest, 36 militants living in Dighinala fled and took shelter in nearby Keuman in Bandarban district.
On November 29, the team launched a fierce assault on NLFT militants holed up in Naraicherra and killed a group of eight rebels led by Rathamoni Koloi.