Agartala, April 3 -- The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) has sought a report from Superintendent of Police (SP) West Tripura on the alleged assault of a 19-year-old under trial youth in police custody on March 29 night.
The victim's counsel Prasenjit Debnath stated that his client Binoy Sarkar was arrested by police in the evening at Bamutia of Mohanpur during motorbike checking. Binoy - the resident of the locality was prevented by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawan at the checking gate but puzzled after seeing police Binoy could not control the bike and hit a jawan standing there.
Allegedly, he was assaulted by police on the street, seized his motorbike and put him behind the bar at Bamutia outpost for the night. He was beaten up badly ...