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{{Short description|Terrorist incident in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Bagber massacre
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| map = {{Location map|India|lat=23.93|long=91.61|caption=}}
| map_caption =
| location = Bagber, [[West Tripura]], [[Tripura]], [[India]]
| target = [[Bengali Hindus]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.9186|91.6431|region:BD_type:event|display=inline,title}}
| date = 20 May 2000
| time =
| timezone = UTC+5:30
| type = [[Massacre]]
| fatalities = 25
| injuries =
| perps = [[National Liberation Front of Tripura|NLFT]] militants
| weapons = Rifles, grenades
| numparts =
}}

The '''Bagber massacre''' was a massacre of unarmed [[Bengali Hindu]] on 20 May 2000 by [[NLFT]] (National Liberation Front of Tripura) militants. 25 [[Bengali Hindus]] were killed as they were fleeing the Bagber refugee camp.

== Background ==
Bagber is a village under the Kalyanpur police station in [[West Tripura district]] of [[Tripura]]. It is located in West Ghilatali, approximately 1 km from the police station.<ref name="ht22052000">{{cite news |title=19 Bengalis killed in Tripura |url=http://nevigil.freeservers.com/01062000i.htm#i08 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=22 May 2000 |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> In May 2000, during the ongoing ethnic riots scores of [[Bengali Hindus]] had taken shelter at a refugee camp in Bagber.<ref>{{cite news |title=SPOs in Tripura give Cong jitters |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030105/asp/northeast/story_1543430.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203133940/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030105/asp/northeast/story_1543430.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=5 January 2003 |access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> The camp was located at the Niranjan Sardarpara Senior Basic School.<ref name="tel21May2000" />

== Events ==
On 20 May, at around 5 P.M. a heavily armed group of around 60 [[National Liberation Front of Tripura|NLFT]] militants raided the Bagber village.<ref name="tel21May2000">{{cite news |title=19 Killed in Tripura Massacre Rerun |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1000522/the_east.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203213110/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1000522/the_east.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 May 2000 |access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> They hurled grenade at the house of Ajoy Ghose, the local [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] leader. At the news of the attack, the refugees who had taken shelter adjacent to the Niranjan Sardarpara School, began to flee towards Kanchanpur. Seeing the refugees fleeing, the NLFT militants turned their guns on them. Three refugees were killed instantly. The militants then targeted the inmates at the refugee camp, where they killed sixteen and injured several others. The [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]] personnel deployed at Bagber didn't protest when the massacre took place.<ref>{{cite news|title=Terror in Tripura |last=Chaudhuri |first=Kalyan |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1712/17120410.htm |magazine=Frontline |volume=17 |issue=12 |date=23 May 2000 |access-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615122805/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1712/17120410.htm |archive-date=15 June 2011 }}</ref> 19 Bengali Hindus were killed on the spot and several others were critically injured in the massacre. Six of them succumbed to their injuries later.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

== Aftermath ==
On 21 May, at around 11{{nbsp}}a.m., suspected NLFT rebels killed three Bengali Hindus at Ratia-Durgapur under Kalyanpur police station. After that the rebels set fire to several houses.<ref name="ht22052000"/>

333 families were relocated from five [[Gram panchayat|Gram Panchayats]] of Kalyanpur after the massacre and settled in Amar Colony under North Kalyanpur Gram Panchayat. Each of the families were promised 24 tins and 2,000 rupees cash to build their homes. However, they were not entitled to avail any loan from the North Kalyanpur Gram Panchayat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tripura Diary Part III |last=Gupta |first=Sujay |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-09-02/india/27181345_1_families-amar-colony-land |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103122459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-09-02/india/27181345_1_families-amar-colony-land |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |date=2 September 2003 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:20th-century mass murders in India]]
[[Category:2000s in Tripura]]
[[Category:2000 murders in India]]
[[Category:Massacres of Bengali Hindus in India]]
[[Category:Ethnic cleansing in Asia]]
[[Category:Massacres in 2000]]
[[Category:Crime in Tripura]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2000]]
[[Category:May 2000 in India]]
[[Category:Christian terrorist incidents in Asia]]
[[Category:Christian terrorist incidents in the 2000s]]
[[Category:May 2000 crimes in Asia]]
[[Category:2000 mass shootings in Asia]]
[[Category:Spree shootings in India]]
[[Category:West Tripura district]]
[[Category:20th-century Hinduism]]
[[Category:2000 in Christianity]]
[[Category:Grenade attacks in India]]
[[Category:Attacks on residential buildings in India]]
[[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2000]]

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