A local court at Sabroom in South Tripura has sent five BJP cadres to 12-day judicial custody for allegedly assaulting a Tripura Civil Service (TCS) officer and nine other government employees.
BJP cadres Sujit Debnath (29), Sanjoy Patari (24), Biswajit Pal (46), Shibas Debnath (50) and Jayanta Debnath (46) were sent to jail on Thursday.
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A group of BJP workers allegedly assaulted Poangbari BDO Vaijayanta Sarkar and his staff while they were holding an administrative camp in Madhab Nagar village to verify the records of the beneficiaries of Prime Minister Awas Yojana on Wednesday.
Sarkar alleged that a group of BJP cadres stormed the camp and demanded modification of the beneficiary list, as they argued the beneficiaries were selected by the previous government.