Overview

• The confrontation occurred near a rubber plantation in the Bidyabil area of Khowai district close to the India–Bangladesh border.
• Police say two local workers reported being attacked with sharp weapons by three men they encountered in the plantation.
• Villagers later detained the suspects, and a clash ensued in which the three men were killed and two villagers were wounded.
• Forensic teams recovered the bodies and sent them for post-mortem at Khowai District Hospital, and the injured are receiving care at Behelabari Government Hospital.
• BSF and Tripura Police reported separate anti-smuggling operations in nearby sectors, including a seizure of clothes worth Rs 8 lakh and other contraband valued at Rs 5 lakh along the 856-km border.