Guwahati, Oct. 13 -- Reported by Mrinal Kanti Banik

Agartala: The Tripura High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar seeking to quash an FIR registered against him over an alleged provocative speech delivered at a political programme in Agartala on August 10.

A division bench comprising Justice T Amarnath Goud and Justice Biswajit Palit held that the allegations in the FIR prima facie indicated the commission of cognisable offences, warranting further investigation. The court said disputes over the translation and contextual interpretation of a Bengali expression attributed to Sarkar could not be conclusively examined at the writ petition stage.

The FIR was registered at West Agartala police ...