Manik Sarkar, other leaders face unruly mob in Tripura
The Hindu
CPI(M) Polit Bureau accuses BJP of orchestrating the incident
Former Chief Minister and CPI(M) politburo member Manik Sarkar, the party’s central committee member Badal Choudhury and party MLA Sudan Das faced an unruly mob at Shantirbazar when they arrived to attend a party programme on Monday. The crowd comprising a large number of women raised anti-CPI(M) slogans and allegedly threw stones and empty water bottles at the top party leaders. Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel, who escorted the convoy of Mr. Sarkar, also leader of the Opposition in the State assembly, cordoned off the area and summoned security reinforcement. The unruly mob damaged two vehicles in the convoy and attempted to break the security cordon.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.