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A man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture Department to spread awareness against rumour-mongering, an unidentified woman, and a hawker from Uttar Pradesh were beaten to death on the suspicion of being child-kidnappers in three districts of the state on Thursday
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath blamed the CPI(M) for the lynching incidents, while the left party and the Congress held Nath responsible for the cases.
The mobs had been charged because of the "baseless" comments of organ harvesting by Nath and he is liable for the three deaths, state Congress vice-president Tapas Dey alleged in a press conference.
The body of an 11-year-old boy with deep wounds on the neck and back was found at Bhumiheen Colony of Mohanpur sub-division in West Tripura district on Wednesday.
Nath, who is the MLA of Mohanpur assembly constituency, has visited the bereaved family the same day.
"In a video that went viral on social media, Nath was seen stating the wounds on the boy's body suggested that his kidneys might have been extracted," Dey said.
However, the chief minister said in the assembly yesterday that no organs were harvested from the boy's body, he said.
The Congress also criticised the state government for suspending the Internet and SMS services for 48 hours in the state.
"It appears as if an emergency has been imposed. The government is creating more fear among the people," De said.
Following the lynching incidents, Tripura Director General of Police A K Shukla yesterday suspended SMS and Internet services in the entire state for 48 hours to prevent rumour-mongering.
Sukanta Chakrabarty (33) was lynched by a mob suspecting him of being a child-lifter at Kalachhara in South Tripura district last night. He was a member of a team set up by the state Information and Culture Affairs Department which was campaigning against rumour-mongering.
Chakrabarty was attacked when the team was returning to Sabroom.
An unidentified woman was lynched and another injured when she along with four men was moving in a vehicle at Bishalgarh in Sipahijala district on Thursday.
In the third incident, a hawker from Uttar Pradesh was lynched and two others were injured after a mob attacked them on the suspicion of being child-lifters at Murabari in West Tripura district yesterday.
The chief minister appealed to the people to maintain calm, saying there was no child-lifter in the state.
A man hired by the Tripura Information and Culture Department to spread awareness against rumour-mongering, an unidentified woman, and a hawker from Uttar Pradesh were beaten to death on the suspicion of being child-kidnappers in three districts of the state on Thursday
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath blamed the CPI(M) for the lynching incidents, while the left party and the Congress held Nath responsible for the cases.
The mobs had been charged because of the "baseless" comments of organ harvesting by Nath and he is liable for the three deaths, state Congress vice-president Tapas Dey alleged in a press conference.
The body of an 11-year-old boy with deep wounds on the neck and back was found at Bhumiheen Colony of Mohanpur sub-division in West Tripura district on Wednesday.
Nath, who is the MLA of Mohanpur assembly constituency, has visited the bereaved family the same day.
"In a video that went viral on social media, Nath was seen stating the wounds on the boy's body suggested that his kidneys might have been extracted," Dey said.
However, the chief minister said in the assembly yesterday that no organs were harvested from the boy's body, he said.
The Congress also criticised the state government for suspending the Internet and SMS services for 48 hours in the state.
"It appears as if an emergency has been imposed. The government is creating more fear among the people," De said.
Following the lynching incidents, Tripura Director General of Police A K Shukla yesterday suspended SMS and Internet services in the entire state for 48 hours to prevent rumour-mongering.
Sukanta Chakrabarty (33) was lynched by a mob suspecting him of being a child-lifter at Kalachhara in South Tripura district last night. He was a member of a team set up by the state Information and Culture Affairs Department which was campaigning against rumour-mongering.
Chakrabarty was attacked when the team was returning to Sabroom.
An unidentified woman was lynched and another injured when she along with four men was moving in a vehicle at Bishalgarh in Sipahijala district on Thursday.
In the third incident, a hawker from Uttar Pradesh was lynched and two others were injured after a mob attacked them on the suspicion of being child-lifters at Murabari in West Tripura district yesterday.
The chief minister appealed to the people to maintain calm, saying there was no child-lifter in the state.
