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Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb. File Image

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday visited the house of the 11-year-old child, who was murdered a day before in Bhumihin colony under Sidhai Police Station in West Tripura.

Immediately after the conclusion of the day’s session in the House, the CM along with the State Education and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath rushed to the victim’s house to meet the family members.

Deb announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the family of the murdered child and viewed that the entire episode is part of a conspiracy organised by the drug, land and cough syrup mafias to divert the attention of the Government from the ongoing operations against them.

Deb said, “After the BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in Tripura, we have launched a mission against the drug mafias and ganja smugglers following which their illegal business of thousands of crores is getting destroyed. Today also, I announced in the Assembly that my Government in no condition will move a single inch from our vision to make Tripura free from drugs, mafias and corruption. In this area also ganja cultivation is going on in a large area and the local MLA has information and no one engaged in illegal trade shall be spared.”

The Chief Minister felt that the black forces are conspiring against the Government and trying to create panic across the State aiming the Government’s drive against the drug, ganja, cough syrup, land and tablet mafias.

Deb while pointing fingers at the opposition Left, Deb said, “They several designs to defame the Government.”

He also alleged that the Left was behind spreading the news that people were migrating to Bangladesh due to acute crisis of food, plastic flour across the State. Deb also suspected Left hand behind spreading the rumour of removal of kidneys of the murdered child.

The CM said, “I want to send the message, the Government wants that no culprit can survive in Tripura. Those who killed the 11-year-old child will not be spared and police are working hard to book the culprits.”

He furthered said, “Police were attacked on Tuesday. The locals were involved in it. But we are investigating to find out who had instigated them.”

The CM also visited the trauma centre of the GB hospital to meet the injured police official in the attack by agitated locals of Shimna where the murder of the child had occurred.

Pinaki Das is Northeast Now Correspondent in Agartala. He can be reached at: [email protected]