Day after clashes in North Tripura over Durga Puja subscription, administration says ‘situation under control’

On Tuesday, Debapriya Bardhan, District Magistrate, North Tripura, said restrictions clamped nether Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita would beryllium effectual till the forenoon of Wednesday, October 9. The authorities person besides hiked patrolling and deployment of information forces to curb untoward incidents.

Bardhan besides said that enforcement magistrates and videographers person been deployed successful the country to place the miscreants and instrumentality enactment against them. Moreover, net services successful the territory stay suspended.

“Peace meetings are going connected contiguous (Tuesday) successful a fewer locations. Similar bid meetings were held yesterday to reconstruct normalcy successful the district,” said the territory magistrate.

He besides appealed to citizens to refrain from spreading rumours done societal media and warned of strict enactment successful lawsuit of non-compliance.

Meanwhile, the authorities has started to rotation retired contiguous alleviation assistance to the families affected by the violence.

The section medication has formed a squad to survey the harm and to enactment retired the required compensation.

So far, 69 families person been identified arsenic eligible for the compensation. The medication said it was hopeful of completing the appraisal successful the adjacent 2 to 3 days.

“As an interim measure, we are giving Rs 5,000 to the affected families. Nearly 20 families person already received the assistance,” DM Bardhan said.

Revenue Secretary Brijesh Pandey, who was dispatched by Chief Minister Manik Saha to sojourn the affected areas and measure the crushed situation, said a elaborate gathering involving each officials acrophobic was held truthful that interim alleviation tin beryllium provided to the affected families.

Reacting to Monday’s violence, the ruling BJP claimed that a conspiracy was being hatched to make unrest successful Tripura.

Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman said the main curate has failed successful moving the state.

CPI(M) authorities caput Jitendra Chaudhary had blamed 2 furniture ministers – Sudhangshu Das and Tinku Roy – for inciting “members of a assemblage done societal media posts”.

Reacting to the CPI(M) leader’s allegation, Scheduled Caste Welfare Minister Sudhangshu Das Tuesday termed some Sudip Roy Barman and Jitendra Chaudhary arsenic “anti-Hindus”.