Agartala, Aug 19: A Border Security Force (BSF) Havildar was gunned down by the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants in Tripura on Friday, police said.

A police spokesman in Agartala said that the NLFT cadres fired at the BSF patrolling party at Simana Two along the India-Bangladesh border in north Tripura district injuring Havildar Grijesh Kumar, 53, who succumbed to his injuries after he was shifted to Agartala hospital for medical treatment.

“The NLFT extremists fired from the Bangladesh territory and immediately after the ambush fled deep inside the mountainous forest of the neighbouring country after the BSF troopers retaliated the attack,” the spokesman said.

A huge contingent of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) led by Inspector General of police Arindam Nath and senior BSF officials have rushed to the mountainous areas for taking further course of action.

The deceased BSF Havildar, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, belonged to 145 battalion of BSF.

Friday’s place of incident, which is close to Mizoram territory, is the first militant violence this year.

Tripura shares an 856 km international border with Bangladesh and most parts of the frontier are fenced.