TSR jawan shoots lover, self in Tripura

Agartala: A

Tripura State Rifles

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TSR

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jawan

killed himself after shooting his girlfriend on Monday night in Durjoynagar area of Agartala.

Tripura

police recovered their bullet-riddled bodies after midnight.

Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Anurag said the bodies have been identified as Mrinal Das (28), rifleman of TSR 9th battalion, and Tanusree Karmakar (22), a final year nursing student. Both hailed from South Tripura.

Chief minister Manik Sarkar said in the assembly on Tuesday that Mrinal was on sent on duty at the battalion headquarters in South Tripura, about 100 km from Agartala.