Communal Clash Triggers Tension in Tripura, Several Injured

Agartala: Clashes occurred between two communities over a disputed land under the Gomati district of Killa area, Tripura on Monday.

Several people were injured in the communal clash. Police said it was a long-standing dispute and a case is being heard in the local court on the issue.

According to the inhabitants, the piece of land that emerged as the result of conflict between two communities belongs to the state government. Locals from the indigenous communities alleged that 28 Muslim families encroached on the reserve forest areas and started living there.

Besides this, the Muslim families claimed that they were allowed to stay on the land and their petition is being heard in Court. The settlement is still pending.

As per the reports, SDPO Udaipur Dhurba Nath was quoted as saying, "The problem between these two communities is a regular feature of the area for the last couple of years. The land settlement is still pending in Court and before that, no one should be allowed to carry out any construction in the area. The trigger point of the clash was some maintenance work that was started on the land and invited backlash in the form of violence."

Tension prevailed in the area after people from the indigenous communities allegedly launched an attack on the Muslim settlement and started thrashing people indiscriminately. Women and children were also allegedly manhandled and assaulted.

Tensions intensified when villagers retaliated and frenzied locals set a police car on fire. A massive police presence has been deployed in the area.

Talking about the issue, an inhabitant said, "We have been repeatedly threatened to vacate the land. Even during the lockdown, we had been served notices to shift our houses from where we are staying now. We have challenged the notice in the Court but the matter is yet to be resolved."

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