Tensions escalated in Salema under Kamalpur Sub-division of Dhalai district on October 23 as violence broke out during a 24-hour Tripura bandh called by the Tripura Civil Society, leaving several people injured, including Block Development Officer Abhijit Majumder and an engineer, Animesh Saha.

The bandh, demanding the implementation of the Inner Line Permit, detection and deportation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, and enforcement of the Tiprasa Accord, turned chaotic when protesters clashed with shopkeepers who had opened their businesses.

According to a senior police official, supporters enforcing the shutdown entered Shantir Bazar market, demanding shops close. Traders’ resistance led to confrontations, after which protesters returned in larger numbers, looted several shops, and s

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