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7 held in Tripura newspaper burning case

Seven persons, including BJP supporters, were arrested in Gomati ... Read More

AGARTALA

:

Seven persons

, including BJP supporters, were arrested in Gomati district late on Saturday night for burning and destroying 52 bundles of a popular vernacular daily.

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Based on an FIR lodged by the editor of the newspaper against 11 people, police conducted an investigation and arrested local BJP leader Raju Majumdar. The others have been identified as Swapan Mandal, Bimal Deb,

Pradip Majumdar

,

Subal Chandra Majumdar

, Tinku Saha and Shishu Mian.

Gomati district superintendent of police

Lucky Chauhan

said all others named in the FIR would be arrested soon, while police are probing any other angle of the incident.

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