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GUWAHATI, India, Friday (AFP) At least four people were killed Thursday and eight villagers kidnapped by Bangladeshi intruders in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, police said.

A police spokesman said in one incident a group of heavily-armed Bangladeshis entered the village of Netajipara, 200 kilometres (124 miles) north of Tripura's state capital Agartala, and went on the rampage attacking unarmed Indian civilians.

Tripura shares a 856-kilometre (530-mile) long unfenced border with Bangladesh and the village is situated about two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the frontier.

"Initial reports say a group of Bangladeshi criminals encircled the village and shot dead one and kidnapped eight villagers," inspector general of Tripura Police M.S. Bhalla told AFP by telephone from Agartala.

Those who were abducted, including a school teacher, were supporters of Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist).

"Anti-government political forces in Tripura in collaboration with Bangladeshi criminals could be behind the incident," said Gautam Das, spokesman for the ruling party.

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