By Firstdespatch Desk Jul 16, 2024
Agartala, July 16 (FD) Within twenty four hours of the visit of minister and leaders of the ruling BJP the situation at Gandatwisa subdivision of Dhalai district has further deteriorated.
Three more shops at the Gandatwisa bazaar was gutted, but police said the incident occurred due to short circuit of electricity, but local people believe that it was a of deliberate attempt to damage the properties of the Bengalis.
Police claimed that they had beefed up securities after the trouble started in the subdivision and police patrolling was on Monday night at Titlighat, Haripur, Narayanpur and Trishcard areas.
Villagers questioned that how the fire could take place if the police was petrolling in the area.
They alleged that the sub-divisional administration is completely absent in the trouble-torn areas and taking the opportunities of the loose administration, the miscreants could set fire the shops and trying to fuel communal tension in the area.
The villagers who were displaced due to attacks on their houses allegedly by the resettled Brus from Mizoram are yet to return to their homes, officials said.
They have been staying at a makeshift shelter after the July 12.
A team led by Dhalai District Magistrate Saju Vaheed held a meeting with the affected families on Sunday and assured them of the necessary steps for providing security and compensation, the officials said.
"At least 40 houses were severely damaged and around 30 shops were looted by the attackers. The affected family members are now staying at the Gandatwisa Higher Secondary School. Four motorcycles were also burnt on July 12 night. The situation has improved in Gandatwisa with the deployment of additional security personnel in the vulnerable pockets," Gandatwisa Sub Divisional Magistrate Chandrajoy Reang told reporters.
Social Welfare minister, who visited the place at the instructions of the Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha assured the affected villagers that financial assistance from the administration would be distributed to them.
Roy said CM also instructed administration to further beef up security in the area and take all-out effort to bring back peace and normalcy.
According to the officials, the attack on villagers had arisen from the clash between the two groups in the local market on July 7.
Parameshwar Reang, a college student, was critically injured in the clash and later succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at GBP Hospital in Agartala on July 12.
Four people were arrested in connection with the death of the youth, police said. FD JK