Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Code Procedure were imposed in Kanchanpur, Tripura, on Wednesday after a man was alleg...
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Code Procedure were imposed in Kanchanpur, Tripura, on Wednesday after a man was allegedly assaulted during a strike opposing the resettlement of 5,000 displaced members of the Bru tribal community in the sub-division, PTI reported. The call for the strike was given by the Joint Movement Committee, a joint forum of local ethnic civil societies.
Kanchanpur Sub-Divisional Police officer Bikramjit Suklabaidya said a water pump operator, identified as Subal Dey, was assaulted at Purba Laxmipur village by a group of locals when he went there for work purposes during the shutdown.
Dey was allegedly involved in an argument with some local people who assaulted him with a sharp weapon, according to The Indian Express. He was taken to the Dasda Primary Health Centre in the vicinity, from where he was shifted to Kanchanpur sub-divisional hospital. He was referred to Dharmanagar District Hospital later in the evening.
JMC spokesperson Sushanta Baruah blamed the Bru migrants, living in the rehabilitation camps in Kanchanpur, for the attack. He accused them of pelting stones on local households and of stealing livestock in a bid to “terrorise the villagers”.
Baruah claimed over 300 families were forced to flee Laxmipur village out of panic. “There is a palpable fear there”, he...
