Tripura violence: A case has been filed towards Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha
Guwahati:
Two girls journalists have been detained in Assam as we speak after a case was filed on a criticism by a supporter of the right-wing group Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha stated they have been masking the latest violence in Tripura.
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Samruddhi Sakunia tweeted that they’ve been detained on the Nilambazar police station in Assam’s Karimganj. She additionally stated that SP of Gomti district gave orders for the detention.
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The Tripura police stated the case entails a tweet by Samriddhi Sakunia, who visited a half-burnt prayer corridor at a non-public home the place claims have been fabricated from a Quran being burnt.
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The police stated they discovered no non secular doc was burnt and the journalists have been requested to return to Agartala for questioning. They have been detained after they have been discovered to have left the state.
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This morning, the journalists stated the police visited their and tried to “intimidate” them. They stated they weren’t allowed to go away the lodge and transfer to Agartala.
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Sources stated a police workforce “served discover” to the journalists and requested them to seem for questioning on November 21. The sources additionally stated they could be questioned in a pretend information circulation case.
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In an official assertion, the HW Information Community — the place the ladies work — stated the detention came about “regardless of the police permitting them to go away lodge and giving them per week’s time to file an announcement… That is sheer harassment and targetting of the press on a part of Tripura police”.
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The Editors’ Guild of India tweeted to say that it condemns the arrest and “calls for their fast launch and restoration of their freedom to journey”.
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Final week, tweets have been circulated on social media alleging {that a} mosque in Tripura has been vandalised throughout a rally by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The Union residence ministry issued a powerful denial, saying the studies have been pretend and “full misrepresentation of info”.
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The mosque in Dargabazar space of Kakraban has not been broken. However the pretend information has been adopted by studies of protests and violence in Maharashtra, the ministry stated.
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Fb, Twitter, and YouTube have been requested by the Tripura Police to offer particulars of over 100 accounts from which the posts have been allegedly shared. The Tripura police have registered 5 instances towards 71 individuals — together with Supreme Court docket legal professionals, activists, and spiritual campaigners — for the posts.
