Agartala: Leader of Opposition Ratan Lal Nath has sought intervention of the Governor against the act of Crime Investigation Department (CID), which issued public advertisement in local dailies identifying 12 Congress workers as criminal.
In a letter to Governor Dr D Y Patil yesterday, Nath stated that Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) had been demanding a judicial enquiry over ‘police atrocities’ on Congress agitators on July 10 and 11 last in Agartala but the state government had denied it.
”We still believe judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the incident will unearth the truth,” Nath said. He, however, pointed out that CID had issued public advertisement in newspaper with sketches of 12 Congress workers who were compelled to retaliate police attack and identified them as ‘miscreants’. Superintendent of Police (CID) Saumitra Dhar had urged people to provide information to pave way for the arrest of the 12 ‘miscreants’ involved in the July 10 and 11 incidents, promising secrecy regarding the identity of the informant, Nath stated, adding that CID had done it under the instruction of the ruling CPI(M). (UNI)