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Violence after Tripura tribal council polls result, prohibitory orders imposed
The West district administration imposed Section 144 CrPC at Mohanpur and Jirania subdivisions of West district for 24 hours till Sunday.
Within a few hours of the declaration of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council ( TTAADC) polls on Saturday, the state administration imposed prohibitory orders at different places due to sporadic incidents of post-poll violence.
“ ...immediate prevention and speedy remedy are desirable and that there is sufficient ground for imposing restrictions on movement in Mohanpur Sub-division and Jirania Sub-division of West Tripura District to prevent danger to human life, public property and tranquillity,” read the order signed by West district magistrate Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav.
The West district administration imposed Section 144 CrPC at Mohanpur and Jirania subdivisions of West district for 24 hours till Sunday.
The order came after reports of sporadic violence at the two subdivisions came after poll results. The police have apprehended worsening of the situation if the required action is not taken immediately.
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Similarly, Khowai and Gomati district administrations have imposed the prohibitory order due to apprehension of movement of miscreants to disturb peace in their respective districts.
Khowai district magistrate Smitha Mol imposed prohibitory order at Tulashikhar RD block, Padmabil RD block, Uttar Maharani, Laksha Chandra Para and Duski areas for five hours from Saturday to April 13.
Gomati district magistrate imposed Section 144 on Saturday till 6 am on April 12.
“ ....there shall not be any assembly of five or more persons at areas mentioned in the schedule below, with or without arms or substances. This order shall come into force w. e. f 21.00 Hours on 10th April 2021 up to 5.00 hours on 13th April 2021,” read a notice signed by Khowai district magistrate Smitha Mol.
Gomati district magistrate Dr TK Debnath, in a notice, said, “... there are sufficient grounds to impose restrictions under Section 144 Cr.PC for ensuring peace, tranquillity by preventing designs of anti-social elements and activities of associations inimical to safety and security of the general public... under section 144 Cr.PC, I hereby impose following restrictions w. e. f. 10/04/2021at 09 PM to 12/04/2021 at 06 AM within the entire area under Gomati District”.
The prohibitory order restricted assembly of more than five persons with or without arms in these areas. The order would not be applicable for state police, paramilitary personnel, patients, and government employees. Violators would be charged under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
The ruling BJP sought immediate deployment of police personnel in order to safeguard their party activists and their properties. They alleged that some antisocial elements threatened their party activists and destroyed several party offices, shops, establishments in different areas of the state soon after the declaration of the TTAADC poll results.
BJP president Dr Manik Saha said,” Many of our party offices are ransacked by the anti-social elements. Our party workers were threatened with dire consequences. We requested the director-general of police to arrange effective enforcement of law and order to maintain peace.”
CPM veteran leader and former deputy speaker Pavitra Kar said,” We don’t support any kind of violence. Actually, the state witnessed the culture of poll-violence after tthe BJP and the IPFT formed government in 2018.”
Royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma-led TIPRA Motha won the TTAADC polls securing 18 seats out of 28 elected seats. The BJP got 9 seats and one seat was bagged by an independent candidate.
