Evangelism at the point of a gun.Swami gunned down, Aug 2002, at his ashram for refusing to convert to Christianity. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT Agartala, Dec. 5: Barely 24 hours after desecrating an ashram set up by slain religious leader Shanti Kumar Tripura, militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura raided another ashram at Jirania Khola yesterday and asked the inmates to stop all Hindu rituals and practices. Police sources said a group of seven armed NLFT militants barged into the ashram at 4.30 pm and asked for Badal Debbarma, who heads all institutions set up by Shanti Kumar Tripura. When they were told that Debbarma had gone out, the rebels threatened the 150 tribal inmates with dire consequences if they continued to perform Hindu rites at the ashram. The militants fled only after a large group of locals rushed to the ashram. The militant raid triggered panic among inmates of the ashram, particularly because it was the second such incident in two days. On Sunday, a group of militants had raided Shanti Kumar Tripura’s ashram at Chachu Bazar under Sidhai police station. The rebels destroyed a photograph of the slain religious leader — revered by both Hindu tribals and Bengalis — and assaulted four persons, including two female devotees who had come to the ashram for puja. A delegation from the Jirania Khola ashram met West Tripura district superintendent of police Anurag Dhankar on October 31 and demanded that a police post be set up in the area. However, the SP reportedly turned down the proposal and instead promised to intensify patrolling in the area. A source in the ashram today said the police official’s promise was yet to be implemented. He said virtually nothing had been done to make the inmates of the ashram feel more secure since the killing of Shanti Kumar Tripura on August 27. Altogether 11 ashrams, schools and orphanages set up by the slain religious leader in various parts of the state have been closed down by the NLFT. Exodus of tribals: At least 35 Jamatya families have fled their homes in the remote Teiharchong village to take shelter in areas close to south Maharani market since the killing of Jaulushmoni Jamatya, a member of the Jamatya hoda (community council), on Saturday. Sources said NLFT militants had warned the Jamatyas of dire consequences if they did not disassociate themselves from the anti-NLFT movement launched by Bikram Bahadur Jamatya, the Hoda Okra telegraphindia/1001206/the_east.htm#head10
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