Tripura High Court Refuses To Stay Police Probe Against Trinamool Leaders

A complaint has been registered in Tripura against Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee, MP Dola Sen, West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu, Trinamool's Tripura leader Subal Bhowmick and two others.

The Tripura High Court today refused to put a stay on the investigation against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and five others for allegedly obstructing police officers from performing their duties, and asked the state government to justify within two weeks why the case should not be quashed. A complaint has been registered in Tripura against Mr Banerjee, MP Dola Sen, West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu, Trinamool's Tripura leader Subal Bhowmick and two others under section 186 of the IPC for allegedly coming in the way of the police who were carrying out their duties. Senior TMC leader Subal Bhowmick subsequently filed a plea before the court seeking dismissal of the case and a stay on the investigation against the Trinamool leaders. Justice AA Kureshi, while hearing the case, asked the state government to file a reply in two weeks on why the case should not be dismissed, and asked the police to continue with the investigation.The judge, however, maintained that the police should not submit its final report without consulting the court.