Royal scion questions IPFT’s silence on Tripura police firing

Agartala | Saturday | 19th January, 2019

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He also brought to notice the damage sustained by a statue of Maharaja Bikram Kishore Manikya, Tripura’s last king, at the site of the incident. Even on the day of protest, IPFT workers were present at the site of the demonstration. He deplored the state government’s failure to provide relief to the injured. AGARTALA: Tripura royal scion Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarman , who has been visiting the families of the anti-citizenship bill demonstrators who were injured in police firing in Madhabbari on January 8, questioned on Friday why BJP ally IPFT has remained silent over the incident.“The state’s tribal parities, including IPFT, have been opposing the citizenship amendment bill. “My heart is burning for those innocent people and I did whatever I could to help them financially,” he told media later.Debbarman added that there is video evidence which shows TSR personnel firing indiscriminately on protesters and even attacking an ambulance carrying an injured person..