A group of people in Tripura’s Gomati district on Saturday allegedly destroyed nearly 6,000 copies of a regional newspaper after snatching...
A group of people in Tripura’s Gomati district on Saturday allegedly destroyed nearly 6,000 copies of a regional newspaper after snatching them from buses, The Indian Express reported. The newspaper’s editor alleged that reports on an agriculture scam triggered the incident.
“We published a series of reports in which Agriculture Minister Pranajit Singha Roy’s name came up among others,” Pratibadi Kalam Editor Anol Roy Chowdhury told The Indian Express. He added that the newspaper had published the reports over the last three days and the scam was to the tune of Rs 150 crore. Chowdhury said that the accused burnt half of the newspapers and tore and discarded the others.
Chowdhury named 11 people in his police complaint. He alleged that they forcibly unloaded bundles of newspapers from a bus moving on the Agartala-Sabroom and burnt and tore copies on the road. He added that other buses carrying the newspaper were also stopped.
6,000 copies of Tripura newspaper "Pratibadi Kalam" burnt & destroyed, editor says attack after it exposed 150 crore major scam
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Editor Anol Roy Chowdhury said the assault was due to a series of reports on an alleged Rs 150-crore agriculture scam the newspaper had published. pic.twitter.com/htlr8EdmrW
Tripura Director General of Police Rajiv Singh, told The Indian Express that a complaint was...
