Tripura Congress youth chief Shahjahan Miah’s home in Agartala was attacked late Sunday after he criticised the state authorities and police for his or her alleged silence over just a few incidents centring on alleged cow slaughter on Eid-al-Adha or Bakrid within the Gomati district Saturday.
In a video on his social media web page, Miah could possibly be heard lashing out on the Tripura Authorities and the police for purportedly failing to face as much as those that allegedly interrupted the customary animal slaughter on Bakrid. He was additionally heard insulting Chief Minister Manik Saha, and calling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) minority leaders “cheats”, and urging Muslims to “socially boycott” these from the neighborhood who’re serving as leaders within the saffron get together.
His feedback sparked controversy on-line, and several other netizens, together with BJP activists, demanded motion towards the Congress chief. The ruling BJP filed a criticism late Sunday on the East Agartala Police Station towards Miah.
After Miah’s home within the Shantipara space of Agartala was attacked, the police quickly rushed to the spot and tried to carry the scenario below management.
In his assertion to the police, Miah mentioned he was attacked by a band of goons as quickly as he returned residence from the Congress workplace. He additionally alleged that the attackers, who have been purportedly brandishing firearms, needed to kill him, however he locked himself inside a room. He mentioned the group later assaulted his dad and mom and spouse.
Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and MLA Sudip Roy Barman, Tripura state Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha, and others visited his home later.
Roy Barman condemned the assault on Miah’s home, and mentioned he would search justice from the court docket. “He (Shahjahan) made a political assault on the chief minister in a Fb dwell yesterday. He had an outburst over quite a few incidents of assaults centring on Eid yesterday. Very rightly, these outbursts occurred. However these assaults on his residence proper subsequent to a mosque communicate volumes about how a fascist authorities is operating within the state, led by the chief minister. There is no such thing as a rule of legislation. These individuals who have been seen concerned within the assault on his residence tonight are all very near him (CM). This incident have to be within the data of the CM. These are taking place as a result of he (CM) is indulging them,” Roy Barman mentioned.
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He additionally demanded rapid arrest and authorized motion towards these he claimed have been concerned within the assault on Miah’s home. He mentioned authorized motion could be initiated towards everybody concerned in such assaults, both now or later.
Chief Minister Saha’s household was ancestrally based mostly at Shantipara. State Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha lives in the identical space, and dropped Miah at his residence on his approach again from the get together workplace final night time.
Sunday’s incident got here after clashes have been reported on Bakrid, which was celebrated a day earlier than, at totally different locations in Udaipur within the Gomati district. 4 individuals have been detained for allegedly slaughtering a cow in public close to a water physique within the Chhanban space in Udaipur. An analogous incident occurred within the Rajnagar space of Udaipur, the place a minority household was accused of slaughtering a cow within the open.
In a separate incident, a gaggle of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal activists intercepted a car loaded with just a few cattle, and handed them over to the West Agartala Police Station, suspecting that the animals have been being illegally transported. Nevertheless, the cattle house owners claimed they’d legitimate paperwork of sale and possession.
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In February 2022, the Tripura Excessive Court docket ordered the state authorities to ban the sale of meat merchandise in public locations and streets and mentioned the Agartala Municipal Company (AMC) ought to put together a long-term plan for establishing abattoirs and slaughterhouses and guaranteeing the disposal of rubbish appropriately and scientifically.
The order, handed by Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice SG Chattopadhyaya, got here in response to a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) filed by Advocate Ankan Tilak Paul, and was preceded by AMC’s choice to arrange abattoirs or slaughter homes for dealing with animal slaughter for meat sale within the metropolis.
The Agartala civic physique issued a notification prohibiting the slaughtering and sale of meat within the municipal space on the event of Mahavir Jayanti. The municipal company additionally requested meat distributors to use and get registered and crucial permission as a part of he company’s plan to cease uncontrolled public slaughtering of animals.