Agartala, July 20 (UNI) Despite continuous violence and atrocities on opposition party leaders
and workers for last three years of BJP-IPFT government, for the first time High Court of
Tripura has served a notice to the state seeking report on the attack on CPI(M) MLA Sudhan
Das on June 26.
After serving notice to the police Justice Arindam Lodh fixed the case for next hearing on
July 29. The miscreants, allegedly backed by ruling BJP, had attacked CPI(M) MLA Sudhan
Das at Rajnagar of Belonia in South Tripura. Besides MLA, police has registered a
suo-moto case and another case by ruling BJP.
In the case lodged against MLA Das police included section 120-B (criminal conspiracy)
despite being injured seriously in the attack while in the complaint filed against the
miscreants by victim was registered under all bailable sections, which have attracted the
attention of the court.
“Even then the sufficient ingredients to include sections like attempt to murder in the
complaint lodged by MLA Sudhan Das, police frame the case in bailable sections to
protect the criminals,” the petitioner’s advocate Shankar Lodh told the court during
hearing.
The MLA was attacked in broad daylight in his constituency when CPI(M) was agitating
to press for their four-point charter of demands including against the price hike of
petroleum products. The miscreants set several party offices of CPI(M) on fire in the area
leaving many others injured.
However, police didn’t arrest the accused persons, instead allegedly harassed the MLA
in the name of investigation. Finally, he moved to high court seeking action against the
perpetrators and appropriate direction for police in such cases.
According to CPI(M), after BJP-IPFT government came to power in 2018 more than 200
incidents of physical attacks on the opposition were reported while 152 attacks on shops
and houses belonging to the opposition parties have been carried out by ruling party cadres
and around 1200 people have been injured so far. But in none of the cases police take any
action against the accused persons.
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