Agartala, May 14 -- Tripura Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath has alleged sabotage in the sudden disruption of power supply in a large area of Agartala early Tuesday, causing inconvenience to public on a summer night, and asked police to investigate the matter.
A total of 21 transformers across the city were found to have been tampered with.
He stated that an "organized vicious circle" is deliberately vandalizing power infrastructure to plunge key areas into darkness. The statement of the Minister has come after CCTV footage showed a man shutting down an electric transformer.
Receiving residents' complaints, Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) staff rushed to the site and found the main transmission lines were operational, but ...