Police arrested an Assistant Commandant of the elite paramilitary Tripura State Rifles (TSR) for allegedly molesting a tribal girl in north Tripura. The incident also sparked off tension in Chailengta area where headquarters of the 8th battalion of the TSR is located. Assistant Commandant Bishnu Debnath sprang in front of a group of tribal girls at Lalchara, outside battalion headquarters, on Saturday night. Significantly TSR troops are hugely deployed for security and controlling crowds at puja pandals across the State. Elsewhere in the State, a 52-year-old man was murdered near a puja pandal at Kakraban in Gomati district late Sunday night.

Source: The Hindu October 10, 2016 12:22 UTC