AGARTALA: At least 12 leaders and workers of the
Trinamool Congress (TMC) were arrested in Tripura's Khowai district on Sunday.
According to police, the TMC activists were arrested for violating Covid norms. They will be produced before a court amid tight security arrangements.
TMC national general secretary
Abhishek Banerjee reached Agartala and left for Khowai to meet the arrested party workers.
Police said that the 12 TMC members were arrested for violating Covid restrictions by travelling after the imposition of night curfew at 7 pm.
Tripura TMC
spokesperson Ashish Lal Singh said that party leaders including himself, Debangshu Bhattacharya, Tania Poddar, Sudip Raha and Jaya Dutta have been arrested.
Raha and Dutta had sustained injuries when their vehicle was allegedly attacked by BJP workers at Ambassa in Dhalai district on Saturday.
"After the attack, we were returning to Agartala through National Highway 8 when the police stopped our vehicles at Khowai and took us into custody stating that there could be more attacks on us by 'miscreants'. Indeed, BJP activists had gathered at several places on NH 8 to attack us," Singh said.
However, early in the morning, police said that the TMC members were arrested for violating Covid restrictions.
With inputs from PTI