They had also asked social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for details on over a hundred accounts from which allegedly provocative posts had been made. The Tripura Police had earlier booked a journalist under UAPA for tweeting “Tripura is burning”. On November 11, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea seeking quashing of an FIR against civil society members, who said they had been charged under UAPA for posts made on social media about “targeted violence” against the minority community in Tripura. “Digipub strongly deplores the harassment of the two journalists by the Tripura police who invaded their privacy by showing up at their hotel and demanding their Aadhaar numbers and transport details, ostensibly to provide ‘security’, a contention that soon turned out to be false,” the foundation said in a statement. “The mosque in Dargabazar area of Kakraban has not been damaged and the Tripura Police in Gomati district is working to maintain peace and tranquillity,” the MHA said.Īn association of 11 digital news organisations, the Digipub News India Foundation, condemned the arrest. The Ministry of Home Affairs had dismissed reports that mosques had been vandalised as “fake”.
The VHP claims that the journalists “false imparted” the VHP and Bajrang Dal while visiting a mosque that had reportedly been torched in Tripura’s Gomti district. They had been reporting on the communal violence in the state. They were then booked by the Tripura Police under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace). Please specify the position you are applying in your email subject line. Send your resume and a recent photograph of yourself to email address. 165cm - Target oriented - Familiar with VHP system.
The journalists, Samriddhi Sakunia (21) and Swarna Jha (25), were detained while on their way to Silchar, according to a statement by the HW News Network. Hotel background is a must - Passionate and easy to adapt as an individual or team - Min. Editors Guild of India November 14, 2021 Editors Guild condemns this action and demands their immediate release and restoration of their freedom to travel.
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