Monday, January 31, 2011

Insurgents kill NBCC official, injure driver in Tripura


From IBN Live

PTI | 08:01 PM,Jan 31,2011

Agartala, Jan 31 (PTI) An official of National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) was today shot dead by rebels of outlawed NLFT and his driver injured at a remote tribal hamlet near the Indo-Bangla border, police said.SP (Police control) Tushar Kanti Das said a group of NLFT ultras from inside the Bangladesh side of the border opened fire at the jeep in which C N Muni, in-charge of Shewapara border fencing site of NBCC in North Tripura district, was travelling this afternoon.Muni died on the spot while driver Narayan Roy was admitted to Kanchanpur sub-divisional hospital with injuries.Das said the place is a remote one, near the international border and about 50 km away from the Kanchanpur sub-divisional town where NBCC was engaged for erection of border fencing.According to Das, BSF and Tripura State Rifles have launched a joint combing operation in the area.Top BSF officials and district police were camping in the area, he said.

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