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Tribal couple shot dead by ultras

AGARTALA, AUG. 9. A tribal couple was shot dead by NLFT insurgents at trouble-torn Jampaijala in West Tripura district where they also had killed a Cpi-M leader on Wednesday.

The police said that a group of NLFT insurgents stormed the house of one Mr. Shymal Debbarma, a CPI-M activist, on wednesday and fired indiscriminately killing him on the spot and seriously injuring his wife, who later succumbed to her injuries.

A search has been launched in the area to nab the insurgents, the police said. The NLFT ultras had shot dead Mr. Udai Debbarma, chairperson of a block development committee and a CPI-M leader of Jampaijala, near the block office. Three persons were arrested in connection with the killing.

- PTI

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