Agartala:  Tipra Motha called for a 12-hour bandh in the Kamalpur sub-division in Tripura’s  Dhalai district on January 23 demanding the arrest of the culprits involved in the killing of a party worker on January 18.

Tipra Motha is a regional indigenous political party led by Royal Scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma which is now ruling the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).

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Mary Debbarma, a senior leader of Tipra Motha, claimed that after the death of party worker Pranajit Namasudra when a funeral procession was organized , it was prevented by the administration.

And many workers of the Tipra Women’s Federation were injured in a scuffle with administrative officials.

“Even today the officials are not allowing us to hold a silent march. Therefore, it has been decided that a 12-hour bandh will be observed in the entire Kamalpur sub-division on January 23. A demand will be made before the administration so that the rest of the accused involved in this murder are also arrested,”  Mary  Debbarma told reporters.

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Pranajit Namashudra was killed in the middle of the road in Bamanchhara village under the Kamalpur sub-division when BJP supporters attacked him with sharp weapons.