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Pakistan Kills Tripura’s another son : State pays tribute to martyr Chittaranjan Debbarma
TIWN Nov 30, 2016
Pakistan Kills Tripura’s another son : State pays tribute to martyr Chittaranjan Debbarma
PHOTO : Chittaranjan Debbarma sacrificed life for the country. TIWN Pic Nov 30

AGARTALA, Nov 30 (TIWN): After martyr Shambhu Satmura, Tripura lost its another son who has been mercilessly killed by Pakistani militants at Jammu Kashmir’s Nagrota town. The martyr has been identified as Chittaranjan Debbarma, resident of Khowai, under Kalyanpur block, Teliamura subidivision. After the news, panic has gripped the whole state. Tripura politicians, media, officials all expressed condolence for the life loss of the brave Indian army and his family members. Reportedly, seven soldiers, including two officers, were killed in a huge terror attack at an army base near Jammu in the town of Nagrota, just 20 kilometres from the border with Pakistan. A group of heavily-armed suicide attackers in police uniforms entered the army base in Nagrota before daybreak with guns and grenades and forced their way in.

They entered buildings where there were army officers' families, which led to a hostage-like crisis, an army statement said.

 The attack is reminiscent of January's deadly strike on an air force base in Pathankot, and comes just two months after 19 soldiers were killed by Pakistani terrorists at an army camp in Uri.

An officer and three soldiers were killed while fighting the terrorists when they barged into the base around 5.30 am and fired indiscriminately. The terrorists entered two buildings occupied by officers and their families. After several hours, a dozen soldiers, two women and two children were rescued, but in the operation, a second officer and two more soldiers were killed.

The Nagrota base is one of four command centres in Jammu and Kashmir and home to over 1,000 officers. It is the headquarters of the army's 16 Corps, a massive military formation that defends the borders and fights terrorists in the greater Jammu region.

All schools were shut down in the vicinity and traffic has been stopped on the highway, which is very close to the army base. Security has also been tightened at the Vaishnodevi shrine some 30 km away.

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