Guwahati:

The Election Fee (EC) at present suspended a sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) and eliminated two officers in-charge (OCs) a day after an alleged assault on a Congress Rally in Tripura. The ballot physique suspended the officers for not taking “applicable motion” in the course of the bike rally in West Tripura Majlishpur district, barely 18 kilometres from the state capital Agartala.

The incident happened after the dates for the state meeting election have been introduced.

Ten Congress members, together with occasion’s Common Secretary Ajay Kumar, have been injured within the assault, the occasion claims. Congress chief and the occasion’s lone MLA Sudip Roy Barman alleged {that a} minister provoked BJP occasion staff to assault the Congress rally.

“We’ve already instructed the Election Fee that of the 60 Meeting constituencies, there is no such thing as a conducive state of affairs in 5-6 constituencies to carry the polls in a good and peaceable method,” Mr Barman instructed the media.

Shortly after the incident, the police registered three FIRs and arrested eight individuals for his or her alleged involvement.

The Election Fee additionally appointed three Particular Observers and requested them to proceed to Tripura instantly and guarantee correct deployment of the Central Armed Police Pressure. The observers have been requested to take inventory of the state of affairs, intensify enforcement measures if wanted and report again to the Fee.

The particular observers are – Yogendra Tripathy (IAS), Vivek Johri (IPS) and B Murli Kumar (IRS).