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Agartala, Sep 01, 2011 : Depredations of thugs and ruffians enjoying political patronage and proverbial incompetence of police have long emerged as major threats to peaceful citizenry across the state capital . But lack of any deterrent action or punitive measure on the part of the high-ups in the state police have brought the situation to the brink of near anarchy. The young Tripura Forest Service (TFS) officer of the state Sumit Deb learned it the hard way.
Currently posted as assistant conservator of forest in Kanchanpur subdivision , Sumit Deb had reached Agartala with his ailing father for treatment late Monday afternoon by a hired vehicle. The driver had parked his vehicle near Hardhan Sangha by the roadside without causing disturbance to anyone and even the traffic constable on duty had made no objection . Even as Sumit was getting his ailing father examined in a nearby nursing home , a gang of miscreants in inebriated condition-all allegedly members of Haradhan Sangha-had turned on the driver asking him why he had parked the vehicle there . Even as the driver had been politely explaining why he had done so and how no body had been disturbed , Sumit came back.
The ruffians then turned on Sumit and, without listening to his arguments, started beating him , showering at the same time choicest invectives on him. Finally, the ruffians dragged him inside the Haradhan Sangha club house and kept up the beating. A few police constables failed to dissuade the thugs but , having failed to do , took to heels consigning Sumit to the custody of the drunken goons . Finally better sense pravailed and a few guardians of the locality arranged to send seriously injured Sumit to IGM hospital from where he was sent to G.B.hospital where he is struggling for life. No arrest has so far been made and the ruffians of Haradhan Sangha have been gleefully making threat calls to Sumit's family , directing them not to make any complaint even as police personnel remain cocooned in their complacent inaction . Ajit Bhowmik , Secretary of TFS officers association , will meet in deputation with the chief secretary Sanjay Panda this evening with plea for drastic action although the outcome remains uncertain as the PCCF R.L.Srivastava has already brought the matter to the notice of DGP, K.Saleem Ali but no action has followed. Informed sources in Haradhan Sangha area alleged that the patron princes of the assailants are hyper-active to protect their proteges from the ignomity of arrest.Significantly, leading lawyers of Agartala Bar observed that the offences that include assault,wrongful cofinement and attempt to murder call for immediate arrest by police.
In yet another instance of politically motivated over-enthusiasm , the personnel of Maharajganj Bazar police outpost, have again set a record of sorts by arresting an innocent businessman Pintu Saha on charge of 'dacoity' . A resident of Town Pratapgarh area, Pintu Saha had a longstanding dispute over boundary with a neighbour and local residents had brought the matter to the notice of officer in charge of Maharajganj Bazar outpost through a mass petition bearing signatures of residents of the area. Last night Pintu Saha's neighbour had wilfully broken down the fencing dividing both the households and filed a complaint of dacoity against Pintu Saha . The police, ostensibly acting upon alleged 'political pressure', picked up Pintu Saha from his house without even checking the prima facie basis of the complaint and handed him over to East Agartala police station. As the residents of the area met the officer in charge of Maharajganj Bazar police outpost, Jayanta De, he told them that the arrest had been made 'under political pressure'. However, informed residents of Town Pratapgarh area said that the officer in charge of the Maharajganjbazar outpost had acted in a partisan manner after being offered persuasive inducements.
Agartala, Sep 01, 2011 : Depredations of thugs and ruffians enjoying political patronage and proverbial incompetence of police have long emerged as major threats to peaceful citizenry across the state capital . But lack of any deterrent action or punitive measure on the part of the high-ups in the state police have brought the situation to the brink of near anarchy. The young Tripura Forest Service (TFS) officer of the state Sumit Deb learned it the hard way.
Currently posted as assistant conservator of forest in Kanchanpur subdivision , Sumit Deb had reached Agartala with his ailing father for treatment late Monday afternoon by a hired vehicle. The driver had parked his vehicle near Hardhan Sangha by the roadside without causing disturbance to anyone and even the traffic constable on duty had made no objection . Even as Sumit was getting his ailing father examined in a nearby nursing home , a gang of miscreants in inebriated condition-all allegedly members of Haradhan Sangha-had turned on the driver asking him why he had parked the vehicle there . Even as the driver had been politely explaining why he had done so and how no body had been disturbed , Sumit came back.
The ruffians then turned on Sumit and, without listening to his arguments, started beating him , showering at the same time choicest invectives on him. Finally, the ruffians dragged him inside the Haradhan Sangha club house and kept up the beating. A few police constables failed to dissuade the thugs but , having failed to do , took to heels consigning Sumit to the custody of the drunken goons . Finally better sense pravailed and a few guardians of the locality arranged to send seriously injured Sumit to IGM hospital from where he was sent to G.B.hospital where he is struggling for life. No arrest has so far been made and the ruffians of Haradhan Sangha have been gleefully making threat calls to Sumit's family , directing them not to make any complaint even as police personnel remain cocooned in their complacent inaction . Ajit Bhowmik , Secretary of TFS officers association , will meet in deputation with the chief secretary Sanjay Panda this evening with plea for drastic action although the outcome remains uncertain as the PCCF R.L.Srivastava has already brought the matter to the notice of DGP, K.Saleem Ali but no action has followed. Informed sources in Haradhan Sangha area alleged that the patron princes of the assailants are hyper-active to protect their proteges from the ignomity of arrest.Significantly, leading lawyers of Agartala Bar observed that the offences that include assault,wrongful cofinement and attempt to murder call for immediate arrest by police.
In yet another instance of politically motivated over-enthusiasm , the personnel of Maharajganj Bazar police outpost, have again set a record of sorts by arresting an innocent businessman Pintu Saha on charge of 'dacoity' . A resident of Town Pratapgarh area, Pintu Saha had a longstanding dispute over boundary with a neighbour and local residents had brought the matter to the notice of officer in charge of Maharajganj Bazar outpost through a mass petition bearing signatures of residents of the area. Last night Pintu Saha's neighbour had wilfully broken down the fencing dividing both the households and filed a complaint of dacoity against Pintu Saha . The police, ostensibly acting upon alleged 'political pressure', picked up Pintu Saha from his house without even checking the prima facie basis of the complaint and handed him over to East Agartala police station. As the residents of the area met the officer in charge of Maharajganj Bazar police outpost, Jayanta De, he told them that the arrest had been made 'under political pressure'. However, informed residents of Town Pratapgarh area said that the officer in charge of the Maharajganjbazar outpost had acted in a partisan manner after being offered persuasive inducements.
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