Shanti Tripura

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Shanti Kumar Tripura (? - August 27, 2000) was a Hindu priest who was shot to death inside his ashram near Jirania under the Sadar subdivision in the Indian state of Tripura. Police reports regarding the incident identified ten members of the Christian separatist organization, NLFT, responsible for the murder.

Contents 1 Background 2 Death and subsequent events 3 References

[edit] Background

Shanti Tripura, also commonly known as Shanti Kali, was a well-known Hindu saint working among the tribals in Tripura. His ashram was located near the Khumlwng area.

[edit] Death and subsequent events

On Aug 27, 2000, Shanti Kali was presiding at his ashram. In the night of that day, Christian militants belonging to the separatist organization, NLFT, broke into the ashram and murdered the priest ^[1] for refusing to convert to Christianity along with his followers. [1]

In the same month, another Hindu leader of the Jamatya community, Jaulushmoni Jamatya, was also killed.

On Dec 4, 2000, nearly three months after his death, an ashram set up by Shanti Kali at Chachu Bazar under the Sidhai police station was raided by Christian militants belonging to the NLFT. In the months following his death, eleven of the priest's ashrams, schools, and orphanages around the state were closed down by the NLFT^[2].

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