Congress employee stabbed, celebration’s state chief attacked after bypoll leads to Tripura

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI: Clashes broke out in Tripura on Sunday after the outcomes of by-elections had been declared.

State Congress chief Birajit Sinha was amongst a dozen celebration staff who had been injured, allegedly in assaults carried out by BJP staff.

Sinha sustained head accidents. Another Congress employee was stabbed. He was admitted to a hospital.

Sinha instructed this newspaper he was attacked with a big piece of brick proper in entrance of policemen. A police station is adjoining to the Congress’ state head workplace, he mentioned.

“I went to our party office (in Agartala) in my car and saw BJP workers pelting stones and damaging vehicles, mostly bikes. When I came out of my car, they started pelting stones at me. Soon, a large piece of a brick hit me on the left of my head,” Sinha mentioned.

He mentioned after just a few stitches on his cranium on the hospital, he went residence. He alleged BJP staff had additionally raided the Congress workplace at Belonia in South Tripura district and torched the furnishings with petrol. The block president was injured, he alleged.

Further, he alleged the BJP staff had set fireplace to the Congress’ Khowai workplace in Khowai district.

The BJP additionally alleged that 13 of its staff had been injured in separate assaults unleashed by the Congress staff.