Agartala, April 7 -- A tense law-and-order situation unfolded last night in Rampada Para, a tribal-dominated area under the Nalchhar assembly constituency in Tripura's Sepahijala district, when a police team led by the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sonamura Police Station came under attack during an operation to arrest suspects connected to the previous day's political assault case.
Reports indicated that the team, headed by OC Tapas Das, went to detain individuals allegedly involved in an attack on Higher Education Minister Kishore Barman during campaigning for the upcoming ADC elections.
However, upon their arrival in Rampada Para, the police team was surrounded and allegedly detained by supporters of TIPRA Motha. The situation rapidly wors...