Archive Detail
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BJP constituted State Minority Morcha to | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): With the aim to strengthen the unit of the minority section of people in the state, and to fight for the rights of the minority people, state BJP on Saturday constituted its Minority Morcha at BJP party office. | 16-Jul-2016 |
Nagar Panchayat conducted drive to evacu | KAMALPUR, July 16 (TIWN): The double standard policy of the leftist became long been under the scanner of allegation. Still the in-power party and its leaders continue to condemn these demands as ‘political conspiracy’ or the ‘story of media’. | 16-Jul-2016 |
Skill-development for the name-sake : Ba | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Despite of taking several initiatives by the Central to skill the people of the state in crafting Bamboo products, it seems like ruling Government is least bother to look over the issue of decline in the bamboo cultivation. | 16-Jul-2016 |
Rapist Panna Ahmed produced before the c | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Completing the tenure of 3days of police remand, rapist Panna was once again produced before the court on Saturday for further hearing, confirmed a source in West police station. | 16-Jul-2016 |
No hope for any major renovation of NH44 | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Despite of prolonged suffering of the people due to price hike in vegetables, LPG crisis and most pathetic condition of the NH44, authority is yet to take any major initiative for the renovation of NH44(8). | 15-Jul-2016 |
Rapist Panna Ahmed yet unable to satisfy | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): During the interrogation of rapist Panna Ahmed who is now behind the bar after court has sent him to three days of police remand Panna is so far unable to satisfy the interrogators as to why he was absconding from the state soon after FIR was registered against him. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Tripura-Mizoram border 'Longai River zon | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): North Tripura is turned into a naroctics, arms smuggling hub due to regular influx of terrorist, and smugglers from Mizoram and Assa, also Tripura’s whole Damchara (Khanmun) area has become the hub for Banagldeshi, Bru Terrorists due to lack of check-post in Tripura-Mizoram border.TIWN correspondent visitied the smuggling corridor along Mizoram-Tripura border. There is a bridge over Longai River at Damchara via which Mizos are entering inside the state, but surprisingly after multiple attacks held in Tripura by Mizoram based L V Charki’s terrorist group, no inner state permit card was asked from Mizoram citizens before entering Tripura. As a result via Longai river bridge at Damchara the illegal arms, narcotics, equipments are being trasported in broad-day light into Tripura. This Longai River bridge is acting as the pathway for all kind of illegal activities by smuggler & terrorist elements. For Tripura citizens, atleast 3 Northeastern States ask for inner line permits in border check posts, but unfortunately Tripura although many times were attacked by Mizo, Bru terrorists but no steps for security is taken by the state Govt. Also there is no check-post set up yet at Damchara. | 16-Jul-2016 |
Drinking water scarcity hits Tripura hil | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): It’s just not because the lack of PHCs that Tripura’s hilly areas as Gandacharra every year suffer from malaria attacks, but malaria is much more a water born disease. | 16-Jul-2016 |
Experts find rainwater harvesting only o | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): Experts contemplated for massive rooftop rainwater harvesting in the schools to ensure safe toileting of the students in the schools and well-thought Swatch Vidyalaya Abhiyan (SVA) a flagship program of the Govt of India. | 16-Jul-2016 |
Golden Era’s ‘Quality Educa | DHARMANAGAR, July 15 (TIWN): In yet another blow to the Manik Sarkar Govt’s dilapidated education scenario across the State, minor aged school students were forced to dismiss classes for an uncertain period of time demanding basic facilities. Although Tripura Govt’s tall claims of providing quality education to schools across the state, but the reality is that in this 21st century, there are schools in Tripura which have no benches, no drinking water facility, suffer from lack of teachers and CPI-M cadre-raj inside the schools. North Tripura’s Higher Secondary School, named Sribhumi Vidya Bhawan H/S School, under Dharmanagar is suffering from various crisis and a polluted environment as CPI-M cadre-raj is dominating the whole school, but the Education Dept and Administration has no concerns about it. Tripura’s lame-duck Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty staying in Air Conditioned rooms and travelling in air-condition vehicles may be unaware about the problems of the students of rural Tripura. But the students after demanding basic facilities for a long time, have finally took the extreme steps to lock the school-gate on Friday. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Tripura’s CPI-M Politics & Corru | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Tripura’s Judicial System in lower courts has become such corrupted that the lawyers now-a-days engage in show-off public-drama for already manipulated cases. Any CPI-M aligned criminals are released after a show off drama and backdoor deals by Lawyers, Judges and middlemen. In sensitive cases like Panna Ahmed type CPI-M aligned officials, who deserves punishment by Judges but in reality the whole case is stage-managed and criminals are set free. CPI-M always made sure that, from Judge to Lawyer to even ‘fake’ witnesses can fabricate the case so that criminal can roam free. Same episode of Judicial drama is repeating in Panna Ahmed’s case. Although Govt. has rejected all the allegations for sheltering CPI-M cadres as Panna Ahmed but the lawyers in support and opposite of Panna Ahmed are stage-managing the situation and Controlling Public anger by mutual understandings, so that the opposition parties, common people would keep quiet for some time.Tripura Former Govt. lawyer (presently retired), Raghunath Mukherjee, who has been appointed as the defense lawyer of Panna Ahmed, is well known as he served many cases to save CPI-M’s criminal cadres. | 15-Jul-2016 |
4 % DA to fool the Public ? When Manik | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Tripura High Court Judge Subhashish Talapatra in a divisional bench announced on June 18 to pay 31 % DA to the Govt. employees but the state Govt. so far has remained stick to its own decisionto deprive the employees. Like a beggar the Govt. has given 4 % DA, after it gave 5 % DA in January. Whereas the High Court had ordered to give the 31 % DA since 1/1/2009 to 27/8/2011, in 3 installments but the state govt. has decided to deprive the public. Last time for the increasing 5 per cent DA for the pensioners and state government employees the difference between the state and central employees still remained at 50 per cent, now it has gone to 42 %. But once the 7th Pay Commission will be implemented at Central the gap will be alteast 51 %. In the last FY Govt. has given total 9 % DA whereas Central is going to launch another Pay Commission.But question arising from the different sections of people that when the pay Commission will be implemented in Tripura? Wheras the Central Govt. is to impleneted 7 pay comsion, Tripura CPI-M Govt. in it’s 23 years of regime didn’t implement a single Pay Commission till day. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Illegal Petrol-business hits NH44 (8) : | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): One Pranjit Das was arrested by Agartala East Police for illegal delivery of petrol towards North Tripura. Talking to East police, they said, ‘The incident occurred in Friday, when police getting informed via sources nabbed a vehicle bearing number TR081601 with 1775 litre of petrol inside it’. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Inter-State Council meeting on Saturday | NEW DELHI/AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN/IANS): The Inter-State Council (ISC) will be meeting in New Delhi on Saturday after a hiatus of 10 years and will discuss further strengthening of the Centre-state relations and use of Aadhaar card as a tool in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), a top official said on Friday. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Airline companies sky-rocketed flight fa | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): In demand of resuming passenger service from Tripura to other states, Tripura Opposition party Trinamool Congress has placed deputation to the NFR GM H K Jaggi, and thus on Friday via Agartala (Badarghat) Station master this letter was sent to him. | 15-Jul-2016 |
BJP demands five roadways' immediate ren | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): Tripura state BJP seek immediate renovation of various roads in Agartala and placed deputation to the Chief Engineer of PWD Dept. Tripura. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Woman made to roam whole village with 'g | KAMALPUR, July 15 (TIWN): Another incident of shameful crime against women occurred here at Kamalpur resulting from the complicated married life and a women member of CPI-M led the incident. And the second wife got beaten mercilessly and made to roam the village with garland of shoes. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Vigil along Bangladesh border to be tigh | AIZWAL/AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN/IANS): Mizoram and Tripura government have asked the security forces to maintain a maximum vigil along the Bangladesh border to foil any attempt of intrusion and illegal cross-border movement, officials said here on Friday. | 15-Jul-2016 |
Locals blocked road in demand of roadway | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): In demand of roadway-renovation, the locals of Bishalgrah blocked road on Friday morning. | 15-Jul-2016 |
REGA workers placed deputation to North | DHARMANAGAR, July 15 (TIWN): REGA workers under ‘Tripura Rega Karmachari Samannay Samiti’ (TRKSS) placed deputation the North DM Sandeep Mahatme with their 5 charter points of demands. | 15-Jul-2016 |
BJP arranged for street corner on public | KAMALPUR, July 15 (TIWN): The problems like water logging for hours during rains on the National highway at Ambassa remained a problem for years. | 15-Jul-2016 |
SHAME ! CPI-M's anti-national agenda exp | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, July 15 (TIWN): Manik Sarkar's CPI-M once again proved beyond doubt that communist party no less anti-national than India's enemies like Pakistan or Kasmiri terrorists. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Indigo to operate more flight in CCU-IXA | Agartala, July 15 (TIWN): Indigo Airlines announced their decision to operate morning flight, between Kolkata- Agartala-Kolkata sector everyday from 15th August, 2016 onwards. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Tripura CPI-M Govt's paltry 4% DA : Mani | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN): With the announcement of 'release of 4% DA' Manik Sarkar led CPI-M Govt has made its intention once again clear that it will continue to deprive the State Govt employees and Govt pensioners as far as their financial demands are concerned. On Thursday, state Gov't released 4% DA to its employees and pensioners reducing the gap of DA to 42% in compare to Central Gov't employees. Thus, CM Manik Sarkar & Co also made it clear that the declaration to bring down the gap of DA between the Centre and state to zero in few installments and that too claims made by the Honest(?) Chief Minister himself was nothing but a deliberate lie in order to be-fool the employees and pensioners. With Thursday's declaration, CPI-M party has simply chosen the way of playing a dual role about the Govt employees demands and rights. CPI-M leaders Sitaram Yechury and Suryakant Mishra were prompt to criticize Central Govt and Bengal Govt on DA issues but failed to criticize their own CPI-M Govt in Tripura for the lowest 4% DA depriving State Govt Employees. CPI-M's cunning face once again exposed by this massive deprivation of Govt Employees. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Tripura, North East India’s econo | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, July 15 (TIWN): Regional economic cooperation among BBIN member countries to generate rapid economic progress along Tripura and NE corridor. Member countries of the sub-regional BBIN (Bangladesh Bhutan, India, Nepal) initiative must bring harmony in customs duties and taxation to improve movement of trade and goods among these countries, officials said on Thursday."The movement of trade, goods and general public are not picking up. Harmonization of customs duties and taxation among member countries of the initiative is necessary to increase goods and trade movement," said Mashiur Rahman, Senior Adviser on Economic Affairs to the Bangladesh Prime Minister. Security issues have to be streamlined and there should be easing immigration procedures, easy movement of vehicles and river transports, he said at the BBIN Business Forum organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce on Thrusday at Kolkata. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Income Tax Commissioner (WB) arrives Tr | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Tripura has huge amount of unpaid tax payers, including Govt. high officials IAS,IPS officials, Ministers. But Tripura Govt.’s silence against non-tax payers forced the Central Govt. to send its Tax Commissioners to aware Tripura’s public to pay immediate Taxes within September 30. After Minister Bijita Nath, Minister Naresh Jamatia were called to Guwahati by the Tax Dept. for mismatching of properties and income-tax payment, DGP K Nagraj’s name was also brought under the scanner as this corrupt IPS officer already charge sheeted by CBI in March 29,2007 for amassing properties over 500 times disproportionately than his known sources of incomes. However, this time Modi Govt. turned the heat on Tripura Govt for revenue collection, also asked the public of Tripura from businessmen to High Govt. officials to disclose the properties within September 30th. Otherwise legal action will be taken against them, whoever it is.In a press meet on Thursday Rakhesh Kumar Goyal, Commissioner of Income Tax, West Bengal said, "This is the 3rd time, we are holding meeting here in Tripura to warn the public to pay income taxes". | 14-Jul-2016 |
Despite of High court orders to clear 31 | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Even after High court orders to clear 31% DA to the state government employees, Tripura government once again on Thursday in the cabinet meeting deprived its employees by giving only mere 4% DA. It is to be mentioned here that Tripura High Court has ordered the state govt. to pay 31 % DA unless the govt. here doesn’t take any proper DA system and Pay Commissions implement. High Court Judge Subhashish Talapatra in a divisional bench announced it. Court has ordered to give the 31 % DA since 1/1/2009 to 27/8/2011, in 3 instalments. So the first instalment will be started from 1/7/2016. By increasing 4 per cent DA for the pensioners and state government employees the difference between the state and central employees still remained at 42%. “Claiming state government’s financial crunch, it has released additional 5% of DA for the employees and pensioners,†State Finance Minister said after a cabinet meeting chaired by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.All Northeastern States pay DA to the State Govt employees and the DA percentage between the state and the central govts are almost similar but the difference is less except communist run Tripura. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Modi Govt.'s final notice to Tripuraâ | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): ‘Central Govt. asked the non-tax payers to Disclose property before October 1st that is September 30’, Central Govt. Tax Commissioners said during a press meet in Agartala. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Traditional Rath-Yatra ends for the year | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): The traditional 14 day long Rath-Yatra for the year 2016 has been ended on Thursday. | 14-Jul-2016 |
4 per cent additional DA for Tripura emp | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN/IANS): In a bid to pacify its aggrieved employees seeking central government pay scales, the Tripura government on Thursday announced an additional four per cent dearness allowance (DA) for its 209,000 employees and pension holders. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress placed de | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress President Sushanta Chakraborty along with the other members of the party on Thursday placed deputation to West SP Abhijit Saptarshi at police headquarter demanding immediate investigation into case of arresting Youth Congress Member Tushar Kanti Das with false allegation of throwing rotten eggs at the rapist Panna Ahmed on Wednesday at court. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Citing a new era of development, Silchar | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Along with the passenger train which is running its wheels between the track of Agartala to Silchar, for the first time a local passenger trial train was launched on Thursday between Silchar and Kumarghat.It is to be mentioned here that train will run its wheels every day between Silchar and Kumarghat. However, the first local passenger trial train marked its journey from Silchar at 8.30 in the morning and will reach Dharmanagar at 1.45PM. From 1.47PM the train will again begin its journey for kumargaht and it will reach Kumarghat at 4.30pm.However, train will return to Silchar the same day.The distinct advantage of having a broad gauge rail destination at Agartala would be that it will not only serve as a railway junction for further expansion of network in the region but would, in the later stages, also help in supplementing the rail connection with neighbouring countries, particularly Bangladesh. In addition to improving the transport infrastructure in the region, this would also be an adjuvant to India’s “Act East†policy. Fulfilling the long demands of people BG passengers train service finally running smoothly over past few days in the landlocked state- Tripura which has recently made its place in the railway map of the world connecting with rest of India and now another local train has added much more development in the measure of transportation. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Admission for under Graduate courses beg | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): The admission for under graduate courses has been started in NIT, said Agartala NIT Director Gopal Mugeraya. | 14-Jul-2016 |
After petrol, now diesel crisis takes wo | AGARTALA, June 14 (TIWN): After experiencing an acute shortage of petrol over an interval period of time, now the people are also facing the shortage of Diesel in the state. This has forced petrol pumps to ration the fuel and as a result hundreds of vehicles were seen in queue in front of petrol pump for refilling their vehicle tanks. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Free health camp organised to prevent Di | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): ‘Human Salvation Social Organization’ organized free medical health camp at Jagannath Bari on Thursday. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Pump operator placed 4 charter points of | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Tripura Pump Operator Union placed 4 charter points of demand to the Finance Secretary of Tripura. | 14-Jul-2016 |
ASIA Training on Malariology at BC Manu | SANTIRBAZAR, 14 July (TIWN): Malaria remains a major public health concern in Tripura. The NE states having such geographically setting and approximately 4 % of country’s population contribute 10 to 12 % of total malaria cases every year. | 14-Jul-2016 |
Petrol crisis yet to meet an end: Consum | AGARTALA, July 14 (TIWN): Once again for the third time the petrol consumers of the state had blocked the road at Motorstand on Sunday morning in demand of petrol in front of Motorstand petrol outlet. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Earthquake-prone Zone-V Tripura : USA sc | AGARTALA / DHAKA, July 14 (TIWN): Tripura, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar region may be hit by a huge earthquake - although not imminent - that could reach a magnitude of nine, researchers have warned.The scientists said they have new evidence of increasing strain building beneath Bangladesh where two tectonic plates underlie the vast delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.The researchers are not forecasting an imminent great earthquake but said it was an "under-appreciated hazard"."Some of us have long suspected this hazard but we didn't have the data and a model," said lead author Michael Steckler, geophysicist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the US. "Now we have the data and a model and we can estimate the size," he noted. Magnitude 9 earthquake in Richter scale will destroy Bangladesh, Tripura and surrounding regions. So far Tripura Govt is reluctant to comply with the safety direction to counter earthquake like natural calamity. In year 2016 alone, Tripura experienced multiple earthquakes ranging from 4.6 to high 6.9 (6.9 earthquake on wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 7.25pm) in Richter scale. Latest Tripura earthquake took place last month on June 27, 2016 at 4.7 Richter scale. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Narendra Modi's bold decision to save Hi | AGARTALA / DHAKA, July 14 (TIWN): Hindus in Tripura's neighboring Bangladesh likely to get reprieve from hurdles of Indian citizenship as Union Cabinet on wednesday took a bold decision to welcome tortured Hindus back to India. "The Union Cabinet approved facilities being extended to persons from minority communities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians staying on Long Term Visa (LTV) in India," an official statement said.The move is aimed at easing out the difficulties being faced by foreign migrants.Now the foreign migrants living in the country on the LTV can open bank accounts, get PAN card, Aadhaar card and driving licence. The Cabinet meeting here was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Tripura lower court sent rapist Panna Ah | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Tripura Lower court on Wednesday sent rapist Panna Ahmed to 3 days of police remand after he has raped a mother of 2 child on June 26. He will be next produce to the court after three days. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Agitated civilians throws rotten eggs at | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Angry civilians on Wednesday threw rotten eggs aiming at Panna Ahmed when Panna was brought for hearing. in the premises of Lower Court. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Orientation training programme held at P | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Minister Bijita Nath inaugurated one day orientation training prgramme for disables-training at Press Club on Wednesday. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Panna dragged to court: PP Babul Das dem | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Public prosecutor Babul Das on Wednesday at the premises of the court said that they have demand for 5 days of police remand at the court for conducting interrogation where as Defence lawyer Raghunath Das slammed the demand of the Public prosecutor and said that demand of the police remand is illogical and defence lawyer have demanded for jail custody. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Rapist Panna Ahmed’s passing TCS | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Rapists Panna Ahmed’s capture by Assam Police also raised suspicion on Tripura Public Service Commission(TPSC) on TCS/TPS selection process as Panna Ahmed cracked(?) tough TCS(Tripura Civil Service) exam in 2002. Criminals like Panna Ahmed, suspicious CPI-M cadres preferred enrolling in coaching center ‘ School of Science’ located at Agartala’s Shyamali Bazar. Not only that admission into ‘School of Science’ and alleged unholy nexus with TPSC honchos produced many undeserving TCS / TPS officers via backdoor corruption. When the entire state is rocked with the issue of rape accused TCS officer Panna Ahmed who was arrested on Tuesday from Karimganj now question arises how a seasoned criminal passed TCS examination.Talking to TOWN correspondent, TPSC present Chairman Alpana Sengupta said that Panna was selected through a protocol in a the year 2001 and at present there is no link of the board with Panna.It is to be mentioned here that Ex SDM of Sonamura passed TCS in the year 2002, when Bijoy Debbarma was the then chairperson of TPSC board in Tripura. However, it shows that Panna managed to pass TCS under the chairmanship of Bijoy Debbarma. The accused was arrested on Tuesday at 12.30 PM from Shivbari road under Karimganj district of Assam. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Sports Minister Sahid Choudhury’s | KARIMANJ / AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Assam Police arrested one Jagadish Dhar and doing inquiry what’s the link between Jagadish Dhar and ISIS suspect cum rapist TCS officer Panna Ahmed. Sources said that Jagadish Dhar also a CPI-M cadre and Sahid Chowdhury’s trusted hand. Moreover, Assam Police arrested Panna thinking that he is an ISIS terrorist as Red alert has been imposed in Assam to nab all Islamic terrorists after Dhaka Café massacare. Most interestingly, just after Panna Ahmed’s arrest at Karimganj, allegations are coming against Tripura Minister Sahid Choudhury that he arranged shelter for Panna Ahmed at Karimganj. Govt Lawyer Babul Das asked for 5 days police remand, but Panna Ahmed 's lawyer Raghunath Mukharjee argued that 5 days remand will be held only for harassment to his client,so 3 days remand finally granted by court. While entering the court premises people threw rotten eggs on Panna Ahmed due to which Police had to put helmet before he was escorted into the court. Tripura Police falsely claimed that it was a joint effort as Assam Police rebuked this claim while talking to TIWN correspondent. Assam Police arrested Panna Ahmed over suspicion of links with ISIS, Bangladesh based Islamic terrorist organizations which is a totally separate issue apart from his rape case in Tripura. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Rape accused Panna Ahmed produced before | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): A Tripura administrative officer identified as Panna Ahmed who had been accused of raping a Muslim woman has been arrested, and was produced before the court on Wednesday for further hearing amidst tight security. | 13-Jul-2016 |
State becoming a Black-Marketing hub : L | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): On the one hand LPG bullets are unable to enter state due to the deplorable condition of National Highway, on the other hand the increasing black marketing of LPG has hit the customers. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Series of protest by the Opposition part | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): With pressure from the opposition parties in the state, finding no other way, big heads of CPI-M enacted this plan of arresting Panna from Karimganj. | 13-Jul-2016 |
Panna Ahmed taken for Medical test with | AGARTALA, July 13 (TIWN): Panna Ahmed has taken for a medical test on Wednesday after he was brought back to Agartala from Assam. But after 18 days of the incident how far his medical test will be fruitful it’s to be seen. Panna Ahmed is alleged of raping a married woman, who also a mother of 2 children. But just after the incident held on June 26 night, he escaped from the town, and Assam police arrested him from Karimganj on Thursday. However, after the test he will be produced before the court. FIR lodged against him in West Women Police Station. As part of the protest TMC, BJP, Congress had come in massive protest for his immediate arrest. Hence it was on July 13 that the accused was arrested. Allegations was also raising that police in full support of the rapist and now police was helping Ahmed to hide himself for long 18 days. He was also the former SDM of Sonamura subdivision where he ruled for years with his so many illegal activities including smuggling of drug via Indo-Bangla border.The raped-woman came to meet Panna Ahmed at his home in search of rent at Agartala Ramnagar. In that situation Panna Ahmed tortured her, beaten her, injured her and then raped her. | 13-Jul-2016 |