BJP showing protest against journalist killing with ‘bandh’ attacked in Tripura outskirt

Agartala, Nov 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Tripura who were showing protest against the journalist killing observing 12 hours ‘bandh’ are allegedly attacked by the communist cadres here in Sepahijala district of the state at Boxanagar under the Sonamura sub-division on Thursday morning.

“Our party office at Boxanagar was ransacked by the CPI(M) cadres there,” adding the  BJP state president Biplab Deb claimed, “It proves that those who are opposing the bandh  meant to protest the journalist killings in the state are involved with the incident where senior journalist Sudip Dutta Bhowmik was brutally shot dead.” Mr Deb who was joining the picketing in front of the state secretariat office at Agartala alleged, “Some of our party workers there at Boxanagar were also injured by the CPI(M) cadres and left two hospitalised.”Besides, while being asked the BJP Spokes Person Subrata Chakroborty said, “Five of our party workers left themselves locked inside the party office at Boxanagar in fear of the brutal attack of the CPI(M) cadres today while others who were attacked managed to take shelter in the nearby police station.”Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (SP) West Abhijeet Saptarshi while talking to the media today at Agartala in front of the state secretariat office said, “Besides some minor incidents being reported from the state outskirts the strike called by the BJP party went peaceful in and around.” UNI