The Situation is under Control in Gandatwisa right now and we are keeping watch to prevent any sort of incidents. A huge contingent of police has been deployed and the situation is under control, said Dhalai district magistrate Saju Waheed while speaking to our corrospondent over telephone.
The Mobile internet suspended in Dhalai District to prevent spreading of any sort of rumours after tension sparked between different communities over the death of a tribal youth at Gandatwisa. The Mobile internet services will be opened on July 14, said Dhalai district magistrate Saju Waheed.
Five days ago there was some altercation between two local boys in which one of the boys got injured and the injured boy passed away in GB Hospital in Agartala yesterday and after that there was tension in the area. We imposed Section 144 [Section 163 under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)] in Ganda Twisa sub-division for 2-3 days starting yesterday and held peace meetings,” Sanju Waheed added.
Apart from yesterday’s incident in which several houses, shops were set on fire there is no further incident of tension in the area. Everything is under control. An Peace meeting was also held on Saturday morning. We have also opened shelter houses for families whose shops or houses were damaged, he said.
In a notification, Tripura home secretary PK Chakraborty said, it has been reported by the District Magistrate & Collector, Dhalal District that on 12th July, 2024 a kind of serious mob violence took place in Gandacharra Sub- Division where burning of shops were reported and messaging system like SMS and whatsApp and social media platform like Face Book, Twitter and You tube are likely to be used for the transmission of fake information like picture, images, videos and text that have the potential to incite violence in that case at a larger rate. In order to prevent misuse of the above mentioned media to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the entire State and for maintaining the Law & Order situation, the State promulgates this notification under the provision of Section 52 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, to prohibit the following types of media from midnight of 12/07/2024 to till the next day of 13/07/2024 of 12:00 PM (midnight) throughout the Dhalai District, PK Chakraborty said in the notification.