Women scribes arrested for inflammatory posts on Tripura communal violence get bail
The Hindu
Judicial Magistrate Shubhra Nath granted bail to them after they were produced before the court
Two women journalists, who were arrested over their social media posts on the recent communal incidents in Tripura, were on November 15 ordered to be released on bail by a Magistrate’s Court.
Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha, journalists with HW News Network, were named in an FIR at Fatikroy Police Station in Tripura on November 14 on a complaint filed by a VHP supporter.
Judicial Magistrate Shubhra Nath granted bail to them after they were produced before the court.
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