AGARTALA, March 31 (TIWN): On the death anniversary of former Minister of CPI-M late Bimal Sinha, party has paid tribute to the great soul.

A CPI-M leader has commented that leaders like Bimal Sinha are symbols of Communists’ long fight against terrorism.

 In 1998, 31st March Bimal Sinha was killed by NLFT terrorists but the murder case yet remained unclosed.

CPI-M members paid floral tribute to the former Minister in Melarmath Party office. Bimal Sinha’s wife Bijoy Laxmi Sinha also remained present on that occasion.

On March 31, 1998Tripura's Health and Urban Development Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Bimal Sinha and his younger brother Bidyut Sinha were gunned down by the militants of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT).

The Minister and his brother walked into a trap set by the NLFT. The extremists had offered to release the Minister's adopted brother Bikram Sinha, a contractor of Kamalpur whom they had abducted, and had asked the Minister to come without his guards to a place near Avanga on the Ambassa-Kamalpur road in north Tripura. Accordingly, Bimal Sinha left his car and security personnel behind at Avanga and, along with Bidyut Sinha and a local Congress(I) leader, walked towards the Dhalai river.

About 20 NLFT militants who were waiting on the river bank opened fire on the Minister and his brother from close range. The two died on the spot.