Insurgents kill NBCC official, injure driver in Tripura

Agartala, Jan 31 (PTI) An official of NationalBuilding Construction Corporation (NBCC) was today shot deadby rebels of outlawed NLFT and his driver injured at a remotetribal hamlet near the Indo-Bangla border, police said.

SP (Police control) Tushar Kanti Das said a group ofNLFT ultras from inside the Bangladesh side of the borderopened fire at the jeep in which C N Muni, in-charge ofShewapara border fencing site of NBCC in North Tripuradistrict, was travelling this afternoon.

Muni died on the spot while driver Narayan Roy wasadmitted to Kanchanpur sub-divisional hospital with injuries.

Das said the place is a remote one, near theinternational border and about 50 km away from the Kanchanpursub-divisional town where NBCC was engaged for erection ofborder fencing.

According to Das, BSF and Tripura State Rifles havelaunched a joint combing operation in the area.

Top BSF officials and district police were camping inthe area, he said.