Summary:
A case against CPI (M) leader and former MP Jitendra Choudhury was lodged by Tripura police on Sunday for his social medial post on the statue of an indigenous woman breaking down into pieces at Khumulwng in West Tripura district. The former MP has been charged with criminal conspiracy, rumour mongering, spreading communal disharmony for his social media post on the breaking down of the statue. West Agartala Police Station Officer-in-charge of Jayanta Karmakar said, “A complaint was received from Tripura BJP secretary Mihir Sarkar on Sunday. It may be mentioned here that a 17-feet high statue of a tribal woman collapsed on Saturday morning due to heavy rain and storm. ” It was a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched by the CPI (M),” Sarkar added..