Former insurgent lynched in Agartala

Agartala: A surrendered insurgent, who tried to extort money, was beaten to death in Tripura`s Khowai district, police sources said Monday.

Prabir Debbarma, who formely belonged to the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura was lynched at Behalabari, a remote tribal hamlet, when he assaulted a person who refused to pay up last night, the sources said.

A mob of 40 tribals attacked the insurgent`s house and beat him to death, they said.

The man beaten up by the former insurgent was also hospitalised.

PTI