2 killed by extremists under Longtharai Valley PS

Agartala, Mar 4: A group of armed National Liberation Front of Tripura (BM) extremists raided Joychandra village and killed two villagers.

The extremists shot and killed Tapan Kumar Tripura and Tirendra Tripura at Joychandra, about 14 km south-west from here, yesterday.

It is alleged that about 4/5 months back, Tirendra Tripura was brought to Longtharai Valley police station, for interrogation, as he was suspected to be involved in NLFT activities, police sources said. Longtharai Valley PS had registered a case.

Investigation was on to nab the militants responsible for yestreday's incident.

UNI