Agartala, January 31: A leader of the ruling BJP in Tripura, Kripa Ranjan Chakma, was gunned down on Saturday by unidentified gunmen, the police said, adding that a combing operation has been launched to nab the assailants. The police said that two to three assailants with arms attacked the house of the 35-year-old BJP leader in Manikpur in Dhalai district in the wee hours of Saturday and shot the tribal leader who died on the spot. A large contingent of security forces led by senior officers has launched a search operation in the tribal-dominated area to nab the attackers. A local suspect has been detained in connection with the incident. The BJP has termed the incident as a “political conspiracy”. Chakma was politically active since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Tripura BJP leader killed by unidentified gunmen