Tripura: Section 144 Imposed In Dharmanagar After Mosque Vandalised, Shops Torched During VHP Rally

Police had to beef up the security after a mosque was vandalised and two shops were set ablaze at Chamtilla on Tuesday evening during a VHP rally.

Dharmanagar Administration imposes 144 CrPC in the district. (Image: ANI)

Agartala: Tripura Police have issued prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC banning the gathering of people in Panisagar and neighbouring Dharmanagar districts, a day after a mosque was vandalised during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) rally in Panisagar of North Tripura district. 

According to reports, security was beefed up and police protection was provided to all mosques in the district. Currently, the situation is peaceful in North Tripura, barring some stray incidents, Director General of Police V S Yadav told news agency PTI.

"All the mosques across the state are under security cover now. We are keeping a vigil on the situation," Yadav said.

Police had to beef up the security after a mosque was vandalised and two shops were set ablaze at Chamtilla on Tuesday evening during a VHP rally taken out to protest against recent violence against Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh.

Three houses and a few shops, reportedly owned by members of the minority community, were also ransacked in nearby Rowa Bazar, North Tripura Superintendent of police Bhanupada Chakraborty had said.

Yadav also said that some miscreants had tried to disrupt communal harmony in the state by attacking religious places, however, they could not succeed due to security deployment.

Meanwhile, all the district heads of Police were asked to provide security to mosques and organise regular patrolling in vulnerable areas across the state.

Tripura State Jamiat Ulama, a branch of all-India organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, confirmed that police protection has been given to all mosques of North Tripura. "The government is working to maintain peace in the state, Tripura State Jamiat Ulama president Mufti Tayebur Rahman said.