Bimal Sinha

Bimal Sinha (16 October 1949 – 31 March 1998) was an Indian Communist politician from Tripura and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He served as the Deputy Speaker and later as the Speaker in the 5th Tripura Legislative Assembly.^[2] He represented the Kamalpur constituency as the member of CPI(M) in Legislative Assembly.^[3]

Sinha started his political career as member of Students Federation of India during 1967. He became member of CPI(M) in 1970 and state committee member in 1978. Sinha became MLA for the first time winning the 1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election.^[4] In 1983, he elected as Deputy Speaker of Tripura Legislative Assembly and later became the Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly in 1993.^[5] He was the MLA for five consecutive terms 1978 to 1998.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Bikram Sinha (adopted brother of Bimal) was kidnapped on 9 February 1998 by National Liberation Front of Tripura, ahead of the State Assembly elections that resulted in the return to power of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). After a month at 10:00 a.m. on 31 March 1998, Bidyut Sinha (younger brother of Bimal) informed his brother Bimal by telephone that a local leader of the Congress (I) had asked him to go to the Samthung crossing on the Dhalai River to secure the release of Bikram Sinha.^[11] Bimal Sinha and Bidyut Sinha then proceeded to Avanga, where they visited the residence of a Congress activist. The minister and his brother were informed that Bikram Sinha was waiting on the bank of the Dhalai River. They should go there without security personnel. Accordingly, Bimal Sinha instructed his bodyguards to remain behind.^[12][13] Bimal and his brother along with the Congree (I) activist walked towards river bank.^[14] Sinha sensed danger and declined to move forward. About twenty militants, hiding in nearby bushes, opened fire as he turned around. The two died on the spot.^[15][16][17]