Mobile internet, SMS services restored in Tripura

Press Trust of India  |  Agartala 

and messaging services, which were suspended in since June 28 following three incidents of lynching, have been restored, a said.

No fresh case of mob violence or rumour-mongering over child-lifting were reported across the state today, the police said.

Fourteen people have been arrested so far in connection with the incidents, of Police (Law and Order) Smriti Ranjan Das said.

and services were suspended in the state following the of three persons.

On June 28, a man hired by the Information and Culture Department to spread awareness against rumour- mongering was lynched by a mob at Kalachhara in South district.

On the same day, an unidentified woman and a hawker from were beaten to death on the suspicion of them being child-lifters at Bishalgarh in district and Murabari in district respectively.

The cases of had triggered a blame game between the ruling BJP and the opposition CPI(M) and

and had blamed the CPI(M) for the incidents, while the and the held Nath responsible for the incidents.

The mobs had been charged because of the "baseless" comments of organ harvesting by Nath and he was liable for the three deaths, state had alleged.

The body of an 11-year-old boy with deep wounds on the neck and back was found at Bhumiheen Colony of Mohanpur sub-division in district, a day before the lynching incidents took place.

Nath, who is the MLA from the Mohanpur Assembly Constituency, had visited the bereaved family the same day.

"In a video that went viral on social media, Nath was seen stating the wounds on the boy's body suggested that his kidneys might have been extracted," Dey said.

However, the had said in the state assembly that no organs were harvested from the boy's body.

CPI(M) had alleged that the himself should be held responsible for rumour-mongering.

To keep the rumours over child-lifting and mob violence at bay, the has launched community engagement initiatives across the state.

"All district police officials have been asked to initiate confidence-building measures in their area to sensitise people against rumour-mongering," the IGP (Law and Order) said.

The has also appealed to the people to maintain calm.

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First Published: Mon, July 02 2018. 14:15 IST