Exchange Of Fire With Insurgents In AOR Of BOP Simna-II, 145 BN BSF, Sector Panisagar, Tripura.

On 19th August 2022, BSF patrol team of BOP Simna-II, 145 Bn BSF, Sector Panisagar, Tripura came under indiscriminate firing by suspected NLFT (BM) insurgents. BSF troops retaliated following which insurgents fled from the site under cover of dense forest. In the exchange of fire, HC Girjesh Kumar Uddey, sustained bullet injuries and was immediately evacuated by helicopter to Agartala, where he later succumbed to the grievous injuries.

IG BSF Tripura along with his team has reached the place of occurrence and supervising the operations underway in close coordination with BGB to track down the insurgents responsible for the attack.