Tripura: Section 144 imposed in two subdivisions after temple vandalized and attack on ABVP leader

Unakoti: Tripura authority has imposed section 144 in Laxmipur and Kailashahar division after the attack reported on ABVP leader and vandalization of temple, Unakoti Police said.

This comes following a breach of peace in two separate incidents in Tripura. The prohibitory orders were issued after a group of unidentified miscreants vandalized a Kali temple in Kailashahar’s Kubjhar area under Laxmipur Gram Panchayat on Friday. In a separate incident on the same day, an ABVP leader was allegedly attacked by NSUI and Trinamool Chhatra Parishad workers in Kailashahar.

District Magistrate Unakoti District Uttam Kumar Chakma informed on Friday that accused persons in the attack on ABVP leader have been arrested.

“Accused persons have been arrested in the stabbing incident in Kailashahar. Section 144 imposed in the area; situation under control. People should abide by the law. Neither should they spread rumors nor believe in them,” he said.

The assailants were identified as Najmul Hossain, NSUI leader Juber Ahmed, TMCP leader Yahia Khan and some of their accomplices.

Speaking to the reporters, injured Shibaji Sengupta said he was told that student leaders of opposition parties were threatening the students of RKI school, Kailashahar. He went to the spot and got involved in a heated altercation that later took a turn of physical assault and fistfights.

In the meantime, he was stabbed from the backside and he could not see who had actually attacked him with the sharp weapons.

Earlier this week, Section 144 was imposed in the Dharmanagar district of north Tripura following violent clashes during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) rally. A mosque was allegedly vandalized and several shops set ablaze in the Chamtilla area in North Tripura district today during a VHP rally against recent violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.

(_Vinayak)