Two people were arrested for their alleged involvement in a firing incident in Maharani of Udaipur in Tripura’s Gomati district that injured a Tipra Motha Party (TMP) candidate during the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) village council polling three days ago, police said on Thursday.
“We arrested them from Takarjala in Sepahijala district based on our secret information. Gomati Superintendent of Police (SP) Anirban Das suffered head injuries and an official vehicle of the Udaipur sub-divisional police officer was also vandalised by unidentified people during the violence. The firing incident took place on the polling day for the TTAADC Village Committee elections, the first such election in a decade.
Khachindra Reang (34), who was contesting from Ward No. 2 of the Gamaria Village Committee, was injured after unidentified persons allegedly opened fire as he got down from a vehicle. Two other persons, identified as Chitrajoy Reang (26) and Uday Ram Reang (40), were also injured in the incident. Polling was held across 587 Village Committees, with voting taking place through ballot papers. The State Election Commission had announced polling for September 28, with counting scheduled for October 5.
We are investigating the matter to find involvement of others,” a senior police officer said.
The Supreme Court earlier directed the State Election Commission to hold the village council polls by the first week of September following a petition filed by TIPRA Motha Party supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma. They were produced before court today.
