Three surrender, Two kidnapped persons return

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Agartala, Sep. 3: Two NLFT cadres and another woman today surrendered before police and BSF at Bhatiyabari BOP in Sabroom subdivision police said here today. Mani Tripura (29) of Kalcherra, his wife Pali Tripura (22) of Suresh Hutmani Para in Bangladesh and Upendra Tripura (29) of East Sabroom surrendered before Officer in Charge of Karbook police station and BSF authority at Bhatiyabari BOP without arms. They are being interrogated. Meanwhile, two kidnapped persons- Bipul Tripura (42) and  Sarajoy Tripura(28) of Prasanna Roaja Para under Raishyabari police station returned to home safely. It may be noted that they were kidnapped along with three others by unknown extremists from a jhum land at Prasanna Roaja Para on September 29

     

Mayhem at Panchayat office, Cong on warpath

‘Police is working at their behest’ 

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Dharmanagar, September 03: Anarchy runs rife at the entire sub-division here with relentless cadre terrorism let loose among the civilians. A group of 25-30 people, alleged to be ruling party cadres, carried out a cyclonic attack at the Tongibari Panchayat Office here on August 31, rummaging through all valuable documents, tearing some into pieces while stealing some away.A FIR was filed at the local police station in this connection though the police hasn’t taken any steps yet. The cadres had threatened the onlookers after carrying out the attack that no police officer can even harm a fleck of their hair. Accordingly, the police action has only confirmed their claim.Local sources informed that a team of about 25-30 cadres comprising of Shashanka Das, Joydip Deb (Kala), Gopal Deb, Mainul Haque, Md. Alauddin, Anukul Deb et al set an attack on the Tongibari Panchayat Office. Utter mayhem was set loose at the office with huge loss of government property, theft of some valuable documents. It has been learnt that the cadres have threatened further identical attacks in the area claming that police or administration can’t harm them a bit. Meanwhile, the Congress party has threatened massive movement in this regard immediately if proper actions are not taken in this issue. Police is simply maintaining a silent stand in the whole matter, alleged the local Congress leaders. A deputation was submitted to the Dharmanagar SDM office today from the Congress leaders. If legal actions are not taken against the criminals immediately, it will lead to massive movement agenda from the Congress party, threatened the leaders. The leaders have also pointed at the police to be responsible behind the situation. Police is working at the behest of the ruling party, alleged Congress. Meanwhile, the situation of the locality tends to worsen with increasing discontentment among the localites centering the unleashed anarchy with a deactivated police force. 

 

NBFI trouble returns, agents in deep crisis  

‘They are trying to cover dark acts’

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Agartala, September 03: Chit fund controversy has once again got raked up as a Non Banking Financial Company has reportedly started conducting foul games with the consumers. A section of senior agents was also not out of the periphery of their scorn.A senior agent of Cosmic Negotiators Ltd. and Cosmic Group of Companies has been running away from his household since the last one month or so with severe public resentment bestowed on his family. The company has been dilly dallying with the payments of consumers’ maturity money since February this year. Several lakhs of public money lies unpaid and uncontrolled in their hands with almost no chance of return. In such a juncture, senior agents are facing constant public fury of policy holders as they keep pouring in their households demanding whereabouts of their invested money. “The company keeps delaying us everyday citing several circumstances. Meanwhile, policy holders are pouring in my family and are making a hell out of my life”, says Mr. Ramakrishna Saha, a senior agent of the firm. The agent went to Branch 2 of the firm near Mouchak Club here and found none expect two low ranking office bearers. Saha moved to Branch 1 of the company at Melarmath where Mr. Arpan Sarkar, office-in-charge there was found enjoying life with three girls. The trio was found in objectionable condition, alleged the agent. However, the story turned spicy after Arpan humiliated Ramakrishna Saha and fled away from the office. The agent had a small verbal row with the Director of the office Mr. Niranjan Paul who also fled away in a similar fashion pushing Saha aside forcibly. Getting no money to pay the common people, the agent returned home and moved to Dharmanagar for a while. Meanwhile, a FIR was lodged against him at Battala police outpost alleging ransacking of the office. The incident was followed by a mutual understanding between the two parties apologizing for the unauthorized entry in the Cosmic Group office. However, the negotiation paper was allegedly not submitted to the police and a team of more than 10 policemen reached Ramakrishna’s household on September 01 midnight. With Saha out of station for Dharmanagar, the household was having only his ailing mother and wife present. The police team made a scene of the household at midnight in the name of ‘search’ operation under the leadership of Jahangir Hossain, presently OC of the Collegetilla outpost. Several incidents of foul mouths were also done, allege the victims. In such a point, Ramakrishna has come out in stark protest of the incident saying, “Arpan Sarkar is filing FIR in my name to cover his black acts in the office. This is no evidence of healthy work culture”. “I am a law abiding citizen. But what crime have I done by working under the company that I have to be subjected to incessant torture of the public?” added he.

 

Fund misused, closed schools, edu in docks

Nothing can be done in this issue: IS

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Gandacherra, September 03:  Education scenario continues to stagger with repeated acts of mid-day meal fund embezzlements. Recently Ambassa Sub-division came to light centering the issue and Gandacherra Sub-division has now aptly succeeded the trail.Local sources informed that 40 schools out of 100 under this sub-division remain closed for many years under deplorable management condition since long. It has been learnt that the management committee of the running institutions are not providing quality meal to the students while the funds allocated under the scheme are being embezzled by a section of illegal beneficiaries. Sources alleged that many teachers and officials from the Food Department are engaged in illegal sale of the rice and pulses allocated for mid-day meal purposes. Moreover, most of these schools are run by proxy teachers while the government appointed teachers enjoys monthly salaries without any plausible effort. Meanwhile, education has deteriorated terribly in these rural hamlets recently. Many camps of security forces which were set up in some of the schools namely the Madan Para SB School, Arun Chakma Para SB School, Nabada Para SB School, Haricharan Para SB School, Laipad Para SB School, Purbaharipur SB School and Rabanjoy Para Sarbha Sikhha School in recent past were fattened to ground due to gusty winds on last Kalbaishakhi storm. The security officials relocated their camps in the nearby school premises shortly afterwards. But the flattened camp accessories still lie in those school campuses after 5-6 months. A section of the guardians whose wards are not able to attend the classes due to continued closure of schools have urged the local administration several times to reopen those schools beforehand though no steps have been taken till date allegedly due to some vested interests.Inspector of Schools Mr. Bikram Kishore Jamatia, when contacted, seemed to stand flummoxed about his role. “Nothing can be done in the issue”, said he.

 

PSO’s revolver missing, probe gets underway

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Agartala, Sept 3: A `38 revolver (body No-781653) along with 24 bullets was missing from the rented house of Constable Kishore Debbarma of security wing at Abhoynagar from last night. The revolver was allotted to him for performing PSO duty with NLFT (NB) returnee Buchak Barak. A specific case has been registered with the East police station today. Investigation has got underway.  

 

‘Hospitals with AIIMS expertise needed in NE’

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Kolkata, September 03: Tripura Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty and Chief Minister Manik Sarkar are of the opinion that healthcare institutions like All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) are needed in the Northeast. People from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim, and Tripura need better health care, opined the ministers. Mr. Chakraborty was communicated in the V.I.P. lounge of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport early this morning. The bereaved father feels that a hospital with the expertise of AIIMS is required for the people of NE states. The Chief Minister, who visited Mr. Chakraborty’s house today has also said that the people from NE region are not getting proper super-specialty treatment.