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Tripura housewife allegedly shot dead by BSF after she resisted rape attempt

Tripura housewife allegedly shot dead by BSF after she resisted rape attempt

| | 23 Jul 2016, 02:06 pm
Agartala, July 23 (IBNS) : Border Security Force troopers allegedly shot dead a 25-year-old housewife at a border location in Tripura on Friday after she resisted rape, media reports said.

 The incident occurred at Tarapukur in Sonamura, some 50km south of Agartala, Tripura's capital.

The woman belonged to the minority Muslim community.

The family of the victim lodged a complaint against two BSF personnel who allegedly shot dead the  housewife, Maya Khatun.

Tripura State Rifles personnel have been deployed in  the area after local residents took to the street protesting against the  the killing.

Media reports quoted locals as having alleged that  the  BSF men tried to rape the victim in absence of all male members of the house while she was bathing, but when she resisted and tried to raise an alarm, the troopers fired upon her and killed her on the spot.

 

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