TRIPURA: THREE IPFT LEADERS BOOKED FOR JOURNALIST KILLING: CBI

A new turn in the murder case of journalist Shantanu Bhowmik

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged an FIR against three leaders and several supporters of the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) in connection with the murder case of Journalist Shantanu Bhowmik.

Bhowmik was hacked to death in September last year while covering clashes between the IPFT and the Tripura Upajati Gan Mukti Parisad (TUGMP), the tribal wing of the communist party of India (Marxist) CPI-M. However it is alleged that the IPFT supporters were behind the incident.

According to the sources, Shantanu Bhowmik worked for a local television channel, and was killed when he went to cover a road blockade in Mandwai area of West Tripura district on September 21 last year.