Tripura violence: A case has been filed in opposition to Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha
Guwahati:
Two girls journalists have been detained in Assam at the moment 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 current 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 personal home the place claims have been manufactured from a Quran being burnt.
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The police stated they discovered no spiritual doc was burnt and the journalists have been requested to come back 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 resort and transfer to Agartala.
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Sources stated a police staff “served discover” to the journalists and requested them to look 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 News Community — the place the ladies work — stated the detention passed off “regardless of the police permitting them to go away resort and giving them every week’s time to document a press release… 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 speedy 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 house ministry issued a robust denial, saying the experiences 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 experiences 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 supply particulars of over 100 accounts from which the posts have been allegedly shared. The Tripura police have registered 5 instances in opposition to 71 individuals — together with Supreme Courtroom attorneys, activists, and non secular campaigners — for the posts.
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