Three Bangladeshis beaten to death by Tripura villagers
Agartala: Indian villagers hacked to death three Bangladeshi nationals Sunday in a village on the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura, police said. “The three cattle lifters came to Gaurnagar village in Khowai district early Sunday. Villagers held them and beat them to death on the spot,” Inspector General of Police Nepal Das told IANS. Officials of the Border Security Force and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) held a flag meeting over the incident. Bangladeshi media reported those killed were identified as Siddique Ali, 55, Anwar Miah, 40, and Omar Ali, 45 – all from Gazipur union of Chunarughat upazila (sub-district) in eastern Bangladesh. The report quoted BGB Commander Col. Tariqul Islam Khan as saying that some Indian villagers beat the trio to death, suspecting them as cattle thieves when they were returning home with cattle. Tripura shares a 856-km border with Bangladesh and some parts of the border remain unfenced. The mountainous terrain and dense forests make the border porous and vulnerable to illegal immigrants and intruders crossing over. (IANS)
Cong MLA’s PA killed in road accident
Jorhat (Assam): The personal assistant of Congress MLA Membrar Gogoi was killed and his two security guards were injured in a road accident when they were returning from a poll related work, police said Sunday. The MLA escaped unhurt. Diganta Bordoloi was killed when the vehicle of the MLA collided with a truck near Kakojan on NH-37 about 11 pm Saturday night. Two security guards of the MLA were seriously injured and admitted to Jorhat Medical College Hospital. (PTI)
2100 cough syrup bottles seized, two arrested
Karimganj: Phensedyl cough syrup bottles worth Rupees four lakh were seized from a truck at Churaibari in Karimganj district on the Assam-Tripura border. On specific information, the police Saturday night found the medicine bottles in cement-laden truck vound for Agartala. 2100 bottles of the cough syrup were found hidden among the cement bags. Two persons identified as Ranjan Karmakar (30) and Pinku Paul (28) were arrested, the police said. (PTI)
Four AK-47 assault rifle, one carbine machine seized
Aizawl: Mizoram Police seized four AK-47 assault rifles and one M-4 A-1 Carbine machine from three suspected gun runners from the Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai town, police sources said on Sunday. The police also seized 1,200 rounds of AK-47 rifle ammunition, four magazines, 12 rounds of the Carbine Machine Gun and one magazine yesterday, the sources said. Two persons, one of them a resident of Aizawl and another from Tahan in Myanmar, were arrested while another suspected Myanmarese national is absconding. The arms were reportedly smuggled from Myanmar, they said. (PTI)
Arunachal BJP urges CEO for more security in booths
Itanagar: The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has urged the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to declare as hyper sensitive the Assembly constituencies where Congress candidates won uncontested and deploy adequate para-military forces to ensure free and fair polling during Lok Sabha election on April 9. In a memorandum to the CEO, BJP state unit president Tai Tagak said there was every possibility of rigging in the seven constituencies (out of 11) where Congress candidates won un-contested. Reminding the CEO about the party’s earlier complaint regarding foul play behind the withdrawal of nomination by 11 party candidates from the fray after filing nomination “under mysterious circumstances”, Tagak said. He called on the CEO yesterday also expressed disappointment over ‘non-intervention or lack of action’ by the EC, Tagak said in a release here Sunday. “Poll related violence is also feared in Itanagar Assembly Constituencies,” Tagak said and demanded special attention to the trouble-torn Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts. “It has been reported and noticed that the state police and administration have also spotted arms and ammunition in the vehicles of leaders of some political parties and active involvement of rebel outfits may destroy the atmosphere for free and fair election process,” he said. (PTI)