Tripura Violence Mosque Vandalised

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What has happened?

Prohibitory orders banning the gathering of people (Section 144) were imposed in Tripura’s Dharmanagar district on Wednesday,
A day after a mosque was allegedly vandalised during a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) rally taken out to protest against violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.

According to locals, miscreants vandalised a mosque and several shops in Chamtila area in north Tripura district on Tuesday evening.
Central paramilitary forces along with state police and Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel have also been deployed in the area.

A mosque was allegedly attacked during a VHP gathering on Tuesday, that had been called to protest against the recent cases of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.
“Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists took out a rally to protest against the recent violence in Bangladesh.
A group of people threw stones and damaged a door of a mosque in Chamtilla area during the rally.
Security forces rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control,” district superintendent of police Bhanupada Chakraborty said.

Also several shops were set ablaze in the Chamtilla area in North Tripura district during a rally by the VHP.
The North Tripura District Police said that such incidents were happening in the last one week, however, said that the situation was under control.
“All the mosques across the state are under security cover now.
We are keeping a vigil on the situation.”
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemned the incident.
A group of miscreants were active to disrupt communal harmony in the state, the Left party said and appealed to all sections of the people to maintain peace.
In a statement, the CPI(M) also demanded adequate compensation for the shop owners.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday set up a five-member committee to probe into the incidents of violence.
The party’s state in-charge Vinod Sonkar said that the committee contains people from minority communities.
“The committee has been asked to visit the (violence-hit) areas and submit its report in the next two or three days.
Since our political opponents accuse us of being biased, we asked the members of the minority cell to probe the incident,” Sonkar, a parliamentarian, told.