Bhutan Tiger Force | |
Leader: | Comrade Umesh |
Country: | Bhutan |
Allegiance: | Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) |
Position: | Far-left |
Opponents: | ![]() |
The Bhutan Tiger Force (BTF) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) (CPB (MLM)).[1]
On 13 December 2007, the BTF injured a refugee at the Beldangi I camp near Sangam Chowk in Damak, Nepal.[2]
On 23 April 2008, a bomb planted by BTF rebels was defused near a bridge in Phuntsholing.[2]
On 30 December 2008, BTF insurgents attacked six forest rangers in Singye village after they set off a BTF landmine, killing four and injuring another in the whole engagement. The BTF insurgents also took some of the forest rangers’ weapons.[3]