1killed, 2 injured by CPI(M) leader's guard

Agartala, Feb 17: Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council(TTAADC) member Lalit Tripura's brother Chandramohan was allegedly shot dead by the TTAADC member's security guard at Gandhacherra in Dhalai District last night, police said today.

Nibha Chandra Das has also shot at Mr Tripura's daughter-in-law and another constable seriously injuring both. He then later killed himself.

Police said the security guard started unprovoked firing from his service SLR, at Mr Tripura's house, killing his brother on the spot.

Mr Tripura, who was also the ruling CPI(M) Gandacherra Divisional Committee secretary, was not at his house during the incident.

Sources said the accussed constable seemed to have lost his mental stability since the last two days.

The leader's daughter-in law Biswakanya and a District Armed Reserved Battalion(DAR) constable Khajaram Reang received severe bullet injuries and shifted to G B hospital here last night.

The accussed constable, after few hours of the incident, rushed to the guard's room and committed suicide with his service rifle.

Police officials, immediately, arrived on the spot after the incident.

Investigation was on. No immediate cause of the attack could be ascertained.

UNI