Opposition
CPM on Sunday accused
BJP cadres of assaulting a
journalist working with their party mouthpiece and launching a sustained
attack on CPM leaders and workers. “Narayan Dhar, a correspondent with ‘Daily Desher Katha’, was assaulted and threatened by a gang of around 20 miscreants at Mohanpur (in West Tripura). The attackers snatched his identity card, cash and other documents after beating him up,” CPM state secretary Bijan Dhar said. No arrests have been made yet.