India, Dec. 31 -- Assam Police's Special Task Force (STF) has arrested 11 people allegedly linked to a Bangladesh-based extremist network during a coordinated multi-state operation carried out on the intervening night of December 29-30, officials said on Tuesday.

According to Inspector General of Police (STF) Partha Sarathi Mahanta, the arrests were made across several districts of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal under Operation Pratighat, a counter-terror exercise intensified in recent months to neutralise radical activities in the region.

Those arrested include residents of Barpeta, Chirang, Baksa, and Darrang districts in Assam, as well as one person from West Tripura district. One of the suspects was also arrested in West Bengal and ...