Tripura High Court grants bail to Bangladeshi man
Agartala: A court has granted bail to a suspected Bangladeshi for allegedly entering Indian territory without valid documents. West Tripura Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sarbajit Choudhury Thursday granted bail to one Raju Choudhury. His counsel Mrinal Kanti Biswas dismissed the charge that Raju was a Bangladeshi and said his father was registered in Indian documents way back in 1957. In the Tripura High Court, Raju is fighting a domestic violence case lodged by his wife Nasima Khatun, the counsel said. Sub-divisional Police Officer (Sadar) Suman Majumder said Raju Choudhury was arrested Wednesday from Akhaura Road. “During interrogation Choudhury admitted that he worked with the Bangladesh Army as rifleman but deserted it during training,” Majumder said. Tripura shares a 856-km-long border with Bangladesh. (PTI)
Formalin detected in fishes sold in Mizoram
Aizawl: Formalin, a harmful preservative that can lead to cancer, was detected in fishes sold at the main market in southernmost Mizoram’s Lawngtlai town, Fisheries Department officials said on Friday. Joint Director of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), department of Health Lalsawma said that they learned about the presence of formalin in the fishes in Lawngtlai through social media and had not been informed about the findings officially. Earlier, the state Forensic Science Laboratory officials had detected formalin in the fishes sold in Aizawl market in July while the FDA, which later tested several samples, failed to find any traces of the chemical. Sale of fish had picked up again in Aizawl markets after the findings of the FDA proved inconclusive. (PTI)