A team of Tripura Police Saturday arrested a youth from Mysore on
charges of sedition for sharing a video with alleged “anti-national
sentiments” on social media. The video was related to the Pulwama attack
that killed 40 CRPF officers in Kashmir on February 14.
The video came to the attention of police and a suo motu
complaint was registered. During probe, the police found out that the
accused Pramesh Debbarma, originally from Khowai district, was reported
to be living in Mysore, Khowai Superintendent of Police Krishnendu
Chakraverty told reporters. A team of police officials was dispatched to
Mysore to track him down.
“The contents of the video echoed anti-India sentiments and amounted
to sedition. The matter was verified by Champahower police station and a
suo motu complaint was registered,” an official from the
police control said. “The team succeeded in arresting the accused person
from a Mysore based hotel on Saturday afternoon with help from Mysore
Police,” he added.
A senior officer of the state secretariat informed on Sunday that the
accused was produced before a Mysore court with a prayer for transit
remand for bringing him to Tripura.
Meanwhile, Tripura Police has also issued a warning on it’s Facebook
page warning people against sharing false information. “We warn the
mischievous elements who use social media to spread false news and
malicious content. Tripura Police will find you out and take strict
legal action against you,” it read.
This is the second time that a case of sedition has been slapped
against someone in Tripura. Earlier in February, Indigenous Nationalist
Party of Twipra (INPT) general secretary Jagadish Debbarma, Aghore
Debbarma, leader of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura’s breakaway
faction – IPFT-Tipraha and Anthony Debbarma, leader of Borok People
Human Rights Organization (BPHRO) were accused with charges of sedition
after they were found to have joined a rally against Citizenship
Amendment Bill where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.
