Tripura: Section 144 Imposed In Agartala Following Post-Poll Violence

Agartala: Several parts of Tripura witnessed post-poll violence on June 26 following the declaration of the by-poll results.

This has resulted in section 144 CrPC getting imposed in the capital city of Agartala.

SDM Sadar Ashim Saha has imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC and under this order, people will be strictly prohibited to gather within the areas of the city.

This move has been taken to ensure that the series of violent incidents that occurred soon after the announcement of the results does not pop up any further and to keep the law and order under control.

The orders were issued after BJP and Congress workers were engaged in a violent confrontation that erupted in Agartala and this heated exchange led to around 20 people, including state Congress chief Birajit Sinha, incurring injuries.

Section 144 has been imposed by the Agartala Sadar administration in Agartala Municipal Corporation areas in order to prevent the law and order situation from deteriorating any further.

According to the orders, a set of special restrictions have been put in place, such as no pillion riders in motorcycles, collection of brickbats has been strictly forbidden, more than two motorcycles are not permitted to run along with each other etc.

However, sporadic incidents of violence continued to take place in different parts of the state till midnight on June 26.

Meanwhile, voting for the Tripura by-polls in four Assembly constituencies took place on June 23 and out of 1,89,032 people, over 78.58 per cent of them had cast their votes amid incidents of violence.

BJP won 3 out of 4 constituencies and Congress bagged one. Chief Minister and BJP candidate Manik Saha won in Town Bordowali.

In the Agartala constituency, Sudip Roy Barman of the Congress won. The BJP's Swapna Das won in Surma and BJP's Malina Debnath won from the Jubarajnagar constituency.

Also read: BJP bags 3 seats in Tripura bye-polls, Chief Minister Manik Saha wins

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