Reported by, Oct. 18 -- Mrinal Banik

Agartala: Tripura Police detained a group of ex-militants affiliated with the now-disbanded faction of the NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) after they attempted to block a stretch of a national highway briefly in the Chandrasadhup Para area of Baramura in Tripura on Saturday.

The ex-militants called a 72-hour road blockade during the Durga Puja festivities. Two police constables were injured during a scuffle as officers removed the protesters from the road, police said.

The detained members were taken to the AD Nagar police lines in Agartala, a police officer said.

According to the officer, members of an NLFT group blocked the highway at Sadhupara on Saturday morning.

A Deputy Collector...