TIWN

AGARTALA, Feb 29 (TIWN): In a shocking development, one businessman named Samir Debnath sneaked into the CPI-M State headquarter at Melarmath around 8.30pm on Sunday night and assaulted Transport Minister Manik Dey with a chair over the alleged dispute of pending business transaction of Rs 4 lakhs cash dealings between Minister and the lone attacker. In the scuffle, Minister Badal Chowdhury also was hit on hand as Minister Manik Dey was trying to duck from violent attack. Ministers and other CPI-M functionaries nabbed the attacker and handed over to police. While trying to save Minister , Health Minister Badal Choudhury was injured. Attacker is identified as Samir Debnath who belongs to an influential CPI-M family from Ranirbazar area of Agartala. According to eyewitnesses, Samir Debnath came to meet Transport Minister Manik Dey on sunday evening and demanded Rs 4 Lakhs rupees which allegedly owed by Minister Manik Dey as part of ‘business transactions’ between them. Samir Debnath shoutedly asked Manik Dey to pay the Rs 4 Lakhs money on the spot as his father is critically ill and admitted into a private hospital. Manik Dey denied money to Samir to hide likely exposure to underground mafia elements. Infuriated Samir Debnath then lifted a chair and hit Manik Dey, Minister Badal Chowdhury jumped to save his colleague and injured his hand.
According to sources , Samir’s mother is reportedly an active CPI-M panchayat member, also was involved in some sort of financial chain marketing business and underground activities where Minister is allegedly a partner.
According to sources, Samir Debnath involved with multiple underground businesses, got good rapport with Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Industries minister Tapan Chakrabarty Transport minister Manik Dey and party spokesman Gautam Das .
As per the latest report received on sunday night, Samir Debnath is being interrogated at West Agartala Police station by IGP Anurag and DIG Uttam Majumdar and Manik lobby is trying to project Samir as mentally disturbed to put a cap on nexus between Minister Manik Dey and mafia elements.
CPI-M honchos already instructed Police to label Samir Debnath as mentally retarded so that no one raises doubt over the golden Tripura’s clean Ministers like Manik Dey who has come a long way from the profession of a bus conductor to the coveted post of number two Minister in Manik Sarkar’s Cabinet.
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