Tripura Violence: A case has been filed towards Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha.
Agartala, Tripura:
Two girls journalists in Tripura have been named in an FIR (first data report) after a criticism by a supporter of the right-wing group Vishva Hindu Parishad. The journalists – Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha – alleged that the cops got here to their resort early this morning and “intimidated” them; they mentioned they have been overlaying the current incidents of violence within the state.
The journalists have been accused of “selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds of faith” beneath Part 153-A and “being part of legal conspiracy” beneath Part 120 (B) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) within the criticism filed by Kanchan Das.
At the same time as Ms Sakunia alleged in a tweet that they weren’t allowed to go away the resort, sources claimed a crew of cops “solely served a discover” to them, and later requested them to look for questioning on November 21. “Based mostly on an FIR, we right now went to fulfill the journalists who have been staying in a resort in Dharmanagar sub-division of Tripura’s north district. We took their permission and spoke with them which for primary data. We served them a discover. They requested us to present a while so then they’ll seem with their lawyer. The permission was given. I imagine they’ve already left,” a police officer mentioned.
Amid big protests in Maharashtra over the reported clashes in Tripura, the House Ministry on Saturday trashed the claims concerning the vandalism of a mosque in Gomati district.
Ms Jha, in a collection of tweets, on Saturday had mentioned they spoke to locals concerning the harm to a mosque. She additionally shared a replica of the FIR (first data report), and talked about a few rally by the VHP in one other tweet the place she elaborated the claims of the locals linked to the right-wing group.
Ms Sakunia this morning had tweeted: “We have been supposed to go away for the capital Agartala however have been not allowed to maneuver regardless of full cooperation. There are round 16-17 police deployed outdoors our resort.”
FIR???? in #Tripura@Jha_Swarnaa and I, the correspondent at @hwnewsnetwork have been booked beneath 3 sections of IPC on the Fatikroy police station, Tripura.
VHP filed criticism towards me and @Jha_Swarnaa FIR has been filed beneath the part: 120(B), 153(A)/ 504.
Copy of FIR pic.twitter.com/a8XGC2Wjc5
— Samriddhi Ok Sakunia (@Samriddhi0809) November 14, 2021
The police arrived yesterday on the resort round 10:30 at evening and served the FIR copy within the morning 5:30am. We have been supposed to go away for the capital Agartala however have been not allowed to maneuver regardless of full cooperation. There are round 16-17 police deployed outdoors our resort.
— Samriddhi Ok Sakunia (@Samriddhi0809) November 14, 2021
“I might be placing out an announcement quickly iterating all of the intimidation I needed to face whereas overlaying the #Tripura story quickly. In the meantime, we’re looking for authorized treatment. Ps. We aren’t allowed to maneuver outdoors from our resort. (sic).”
Each of them could also be questioned in a pretend information circulation case, sources have mentioned.
On Saturday, the House Ministry dismissed studies of vandalism at a mosque within the BJP-ruled state. “There have been information studies which were circulating {that a} mosque in Kakraban space of Gomati district in Tripura has been broken and vandalised. These information studies are pretend and are a whole misrepresentation of details,” a strongly-worded assertion learn.
Final week, Fb, Twitter, and YouTube have been requested by the Tripura Police to supply particulars of over 100 accounts from which allegedly pretend and provocative posts have been made.
Lately, over a dozen legal instances have been filed and motion has been taken towards 70 individuals together with Supreme Court docket legal professionals, activists, and non secular campaigners.
Journalist Shyam Meera Singh and legal professionals Ansar Indori (from the Nationwide Confederation of Human Rights Organisation) and Mukesh (from the Peoples’ Union of Civil Liberties) approached the Supreme Court docket to nix FIRs towards them.
