AGARTALA, Feb 2 — Over four hundred CPI(M) workers have been killed in attacks by insurgents and their collaborators in Tripura during the last four years, party functionary Gautam Das has claimed, reports PTI. Of the 448 activists, two belonged to the state committee of the party, 13 belonged to district committees and 14 to the local committees, Das, a member of the state secretariat of the ruling CPI(M) and editor of party mouthpiece Desher Katha told a press conference here on Friday. Meanwhile, the 17th state conference of the Tripura unit of the party will begin here from tomorrow. At least 367 delegates will participate in the three-day conference, Das said.
The slaim jawans were constable Amarjit Singh and constable Ram Ashere, both belonging to 161 Bn of the BSF. The two militants killed have been identified as Nokman D Marak, of ANVC and H Chishi Swu of the NSCN-IM. The South Garo Hills police and the BSF have begun massive coming operations in the area to nab the other killers. The South Garo Hills with Bangladesh is extremely porous and has been used by the militants to enter Bangladesh. They have also been regularly ferrying arms into Garo Hills from Bangladesh. In February last year, suspected ANVC militants had killed two BSF jawans in the same area. The two were ambushed in a similar way and their SLRs taken away. Of late, even the banned ULFA and the NDFB have begun to use Dambuk Apal and Rongra areas as crossing points.