Journalist shot dead by trooper during argument in Tripura

mangaloretoday News Network

Agartala, Nov 21, 2017 : A journalist was shot dead on Tuesday by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper during an altercation in Bodhjung Nagar in Tripura, police said.

 

"Tapan Debbarma, the bodyguard of the TSR`s Second Battalion Commandant, opened fire killing Sudip Datta Bhowmik on the spot," a police officer said.

The body of Bhowmik, a reporter of "Syandan Patrika" and local television channel "Venguard", was brought to Gobinda Ballav Panth Medical College and Hospital here for postmortem.

On September 20, a television journalist, Santanu Bhowmik, 28, was killed allegedly by some activists of a party in Mandai, 35 km from here.
 


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