Tripura: TMC leader Saayoni Ghosh arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy; TMC delegation to meet Amit Shah

Tripura, Nov 22: Tripura Police arrested actor and Trinamool Congress leader Saayoni Ghosh on charges of promoting enmity between people, attempting to murder, criminal intimidation, and criminal conspiracy.

An FIR was also registered against her at the East Agartala Police Station for allegedly disturbing a municipal poll rally of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb at the Ashram Chowmuhani area here on Saturday.

At least 12 MPs of Trinamool Congress have arrived in New Delhi to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday over the alleged police brutality in Tripura.

The fresh tensions between TMC and the BJP have erupted over the elections to the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and 12 other municipal bodies slated for November 25. The MPs will sit on a dharna from Monday in the national capital against the arrest of the TMC Youth Congress chief (Saayoni Ghosh) by Tripura Police.

The MPs in the delegation include Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Derek O`Brien Sougata Roy, and Dola Sen, according to the sources. Trinamool Youth Congress President Sayonni Ghosh was arrested by Tripura Police on Sunday for allegedly causing a ruckus at a public meeting of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.


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On the charges of trying to promote enmity between groups of people and attempt to murder, the official said the police have found “preliminary evidence”. Four other people were present in the vehicle along with Ghosh.

While confirming that Ghosh’s vehicle was being driven by someone else, police didn’t clarify how she attempted to murder someone or whom she tried to kill.

Meanwhile, on Sunday night, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee cancelled his trip to Agartala. Trinamool Congress leaders Sushmita Dev and Subal Bhowmik have slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for alleged abuse of police power and vandalization of police stations by its party workers.