Three arrested in connection with attack on Left, Congress MPs in Tripura

Three people were arrested in connection with the attack on a parliamentary delegation of the Left and the Congress in Tripuras Sepahijala district police said on SaturdayThe delegation comprising Left and Congress MPs was attacked in Nehalchandranagar a border village of Bishalgarh subdivision on Friday when it was visiting areas affected by postpoll violenceThree persons have been arrested so far and steps are being taken to apprehend the others involved in the attack An FIR has been filed in connection with the incident a senior police officer told PTISecurity forces have been deployed in the area he said adding that senior officers were overseeing the situationAlso Read Tripura postpoll violence CPIM CPI Congress form fact finding teamChief Minister Manik Saha who is currently in Delhi spoke to DGP Amitabh Ranjan and asked him to arrest all the accused persons irrespective of their political colours another official saidThe CPIM said that the joint team of the Left and the Congress were visiting various violencehit areas of West Tripura Sepahijala and Khowai on FridayOnce the delegation comprising CPIM MP E Karim and Congress MP Abdul Khaliq and AICC general secretary Ajay Kumar landed at Nehalchandrangar market they were attacked by miscreants raising slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai One vehicle was severely damaged while two more cars were also vandalised senior CPIM leader Rakhal Majumder saidAt least 20 shops were set on fire in the area on Wednesday nightPolice said none of the eight members of the team were injured in the attack and twothree vehicles with leaders of the Left parties and the Congress on board were vandalisedThe team is expected to stay in the state till March 12 after which it will submit a report and the issue will be raised in Parliament CPI MP Binoy Viswam saidMost of the postpoll violence cases have so far been reported from Sepahijala and Khowai districtsChief Minister Manik Saha asked the police to take stern action maintaining that a group with vested interests was trying to create trouble in the stateThe assembly election results were announced on March 2 and the BJPIPFT government returned to power in the state for the second consecutive termThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever