His body was kept inside a sack after murder.

 

Jiban Debnath, a driver, resident of Agartala had been missing from Khumulwng after he dropped 2 Delhi based journalists on Sep 20. This was the same day when journalist Santanu Bhowmik was killed at Mandai during political clash among CPI-M and IPFT.

Tripura police had begun search for Jiban Debnath's dead body at Khumlwng's forest since Oct 4 night.

With dozer and dogsquade and some locals the searches were going on across Khumlwng since then.

The arrested Balendra Debbarma by Radhapur police from Kobra Bari area has said  that although he was not present during Jiban Debnath's kidnapping, but he has heard that on Sep-20 Jiban Debnath was killed at Khumlwng by some tribals.

Whether the other two passengers could escape from the spot but Jiban Debnath could not escape and he was stretched from the vehicle and taken to a jungle.

After killing Jiban Debnath at there, his body was dumped inside the soil of that forest. However, police is now searching for Jiban  Debnath's dead body. Finally, After 47 days, Police recovered Jiban Debnath's dead body at Khumulwng today.