AGARTALA, May 15: As many as 12 houses were set on fire by Reang people at Kashirampara, a remote village in North Tripura District on Sunday following suicide of a Reang youth, who was manhandled labelling him ‘thief’ reportedly by few Bengali residents few days back.
Bhriguram Reang, 32, committed suicide today reportedly after he was insulted and manhandled by few Bengali residents of the area, as alleged by a section of Reang people.
Sources said that Bhriguram Reang (32) a refugee of Naisingpara in Kanchanpur, was caught red-handed stealing fish from a pond at Kashirampara few days back and later manhandled by some people.
At this, he received injuries and was admitted in the hospital for treatment. Though he was released after preliminary treatment, he again went to hospital due to pain last night. The very next early morning, his body was found at Kashirampara.
At this, resentment brewed among the Naisingpara Reang refugees and they held the Kashirampara residents responsible for his death.
Getting the news, a contingent of police, Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawans along with administrative officials rushed to the spot. Till latest report came in, TSR has been deployed there to avoid further occurrence of such incident.
(TNT News)
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