India, April 7 -- The Tripura police on Tuesday arrested one person after unidentified miscreants attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and activists in Sepahijala district on Sunday, just days ahead of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections.

Alleging involvement of BJP's alliance partner TIPRA Motha, state minister Kishore Barman claimed that the attackers were former CPIM cadres who had switched allegiance. "A BJP election office was set on fire. They (TIPRA Motha) are trying to foil the TTAADC polls through such violence. They cannot succeed in their mission," he said.

The development comes days after another incident in which three police personnel were injured when a BJP campaign programme f...