Tripura violence: Three arrested over attack on Left, Congress MPs

Tripura violence | Three people were arrested in connection with the attack on a parliamentary delegation of the Left and the Congress in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, police said on Saturday.

The delegation, comprising Left and Congress MPs, was attacked in Nehalchandranagar, a border village of the Bishalgarh subdivision, on Friday when it was visiting areas affected by post-poll violence.

“Three persons have been arrested so far, and steps are being taken to apprehend the others involved in the attack. An FIR has been filed in connection with the incident,” a senior police officer told.

Security forces have been deployed in the area, he said, adding that senior officers were overseeing the situation.

“Chief Minister Manik Saha, who is currently in Delhi, spoke to DGP Amitabh Ranjan, and asked him to arrest all the accused persons, irrespective of their political colors,” another official said.

“Once the delegation, comprising CPI(M) MP E Karim and Congress MP Abdul Khaliq and AICC general secretary Ajay Kumar, landed at Nehalchandrangar market, they were attacked by miscreants raising slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. One vehicle was severely damaged, while two more cars were also vandalized,” senior CPI(M) leader Rakhal Majumder said. At least 20 shops were set on fire in the area on Wednesday night.

Police said none of the eight members of the team were injured in the attack, and two-three vehicles with leaders of the Left parties and the Congress on board were vandalized.

The team is expected to stay in the state till March 12 after which it will submit a report, and the issue will be raised in Parliament, CPI MP Binoy Viswam said.

Tripura violence :

A joint fact-finding team from the Left parties and the Congress, including MPs and MLAs, which arrived in Agartala on Friday to look into post-poll violence in Tripura, was attacked in Sepahijala district, reports, citing the police, claimed.

While the police said the team was attacked by unknown miscreants, Congress MP from Assam Abdul Khaliq, who was part of the team, alleged that the attackers claimed that they were Bharatiya Janata Party workers and pelted stones. “Three-four of our vehicles were vandalized. The police did nothing. We realized there is no rule of law in Tripura,” Khaliq said.

Left and Congress MPs from Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu arrived in Tripura to find out the extent of violence alleged to have taken place since the poll results on March 2. The MPs, divided into three teams, visited different parts of the districts of Sepahijala, Gomati, West Tripura, Khowai, and Dhalai during the day, The Indian Express reported.

Condemning the attack on the delegation, the CPI(M) demanded the arrest of all the miscreants immediately.

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