Agartala Nov 21 (IANS) A journalist was shot dead on Tuesday by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper during an altercation in Bodhjung Nagar in Tripura police said.
"Tapan Debbarma the bodyguard of the TSR s Second Battalion Commandant opened fire killing Sudip Datta Bhowmik on the spot " a police officer said.
The body of Bhowmik a reporter of "Syandan Patrika" and local television channel "Venguard" was brought to Gobinda Ballav Panth Medical College and Hospital here for postmortem.
On September 20 a television journalist Santanu Bhowmik 28 was killed allegedly by some activists of a party in Mandai 35 km from here.
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