Tripura: Man spreading awareness about rumor-mongering suspected as 'child-lifter', lynched
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A man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture department to spread awareness against rumor-mongering was among two persons lynched in different areas of Tripura on the suspicion of being child-lifters, police said.
Sukanta Chakrabarty (33) was lynched by a mob suspecting him of being a child-lifter at Kalachhara in South Tripura district last night, Assistant Inspector General of Police Smriti Ranjan Das said.
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Tripura DGP suspends internet and SMS service for 24 hours
Chakrabarty was a member of a team of the state Information and Culture Affairs department which was campaigning against rumor-mongering.
He was attacked when the team was returning to Sabroom, Das said.
In view of the lynching incidents, Tripura Director General of Police A K Shukla has suspended SMS and data services in Tripura for the next 24 hours to prevent rumor-mongering.
Other incidents
Hawker lynched, 2 injured in West Tripura yesterday
In a separate incident, a hawker was lynched and two others were injured after a mob attacked them on the suspicion of being child-lifters at Murabari in West Tripura district yesterday.
Elsewhere, an unidentified woman was lynched and another injured when she along with four men was moving in a vehicle at Bishalgarh in Sipahijala district.
CM appeals for peace
CM Biplab says rumor-mongering conspiracy of CPI(M)
Chief Minister Biplab Deb today appealed to the people to maintain peace and said there was no child-lifter in the state.
He alleged that it was a conspiracy of the CPI(M) to tarnish the image of the state government.
BJP state vice-president Pratima Bhowmik and Education Minister Ratanlal Nath said they have alerted party workers to thwart any such incident and cooperate with police.