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No. 14/2014, Sunday, May 18, 2014
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Tripura youth was beaten by Bengali settlers in Gomati Bazar in Matiranga
before taking him into custody by security forces, locals said, adding he was
later handed over to the police.
According
to sources, Shato Ranjan Tripura, 27, son of Chondi Tripura of Reboti Karbari
Para in Belchari Union visited Gomati bazaar at 7pm on Saturday.
While
he was in the bazaar, a group of Bengali settlers caught him and began roughing
him up without any reason.
At one
point BGB personnel from Palashpur zone, who were patrolling the area, arrived
there and took him into their custody.
Even
then, the settlers tried to snatch Shato Ranjan Tripura from BGB men, who
charged baton to disperse them, an eyewitness told chtnews.com.
Later
a group of army personnel from Matiranga zone went to Gomati bazaar, took him
into their custody from BGB and then handed him over to Matiranga police
station.
It
could not be immediately known what charges have been brought against Mr.
Tripura.
While
Tripura was being roughed up, the settlers in and around Gomati bazaar began
shouting, and at one point someone announced through a loudspeaker: “terrorists
have come.”
They
continued shouting till 9:30pm, creating panic in the Jumma neighbourhood.
Meanwhile,
the local civil and military administration are alleged to have refused to give
permission to Democratic Youth Forum to hold a commemorative meeting for Pancha
Sen Tripura’s first death anniversary on the pretext of the prevailing ‘high
tension’ in Gomati.
Pancha
Sen Tripura, a DYF leader, was shot and killed a year ago in Matiranga by the
hired goons of Santu Larma.
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