Tripura BJP alleges law & order collapse, demands Centre's

Alleging a collapse of the law and order situation in the state, the Tripura BJP unit today called for Centre's intervention to bring succour to the people.
"The law and order has collapsed in the state and people have lost their right to lives and property in the Marxist rule. We want immediate central intervention to give a relief to the people and restore law and order," BJP Vice-President of the state Subal Bhowmick said today.
State BJP President Biplab Deb yesterday spoke to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh about the breakdown of law and order situation and demanded immediate interference of the centre, he told reporters.

Bhowmick alleged that one officer of BSF, Deepak Kumar Mandal, was attacked by the cattle smugglers on October 16 near Bolerdhepa border outpost in Sonamura subdivision of Sipahijala district, who succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital in Kolkata on October 19.
This incident occurred at a place where law and order is maintained by state police. This is one of the incidents of breakdown of law and order," he said.
He alleged that the entire Sonamura subdivision has became a safe haven for smugglers and they have made several corridors for smuggling of cough syrup to Bangladesh.

Cough syrups like Phensedyl and Corex are widely used in Bangladesh as intoxicants.

Bhowmick also alleged that marijuana is being cultivated in different parts of the subdivision in large scale, but there was no attempt to check the menace.
CPI-M state party Secretary Bijan Dhar called the charges baseless.
We are also deeply shocked at the sad demise of the officer, who laid down his life to check smuggling. But, what BJP is doing with the death of the officer is nothing but politics. Actually, they are trying to fish in the muddy waters and blaming the Left Front government that law and order has collapsed," Dhar said.