The Delhi Police on Wednesday booked former Tripura Minister and sitting Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Mevar Kumar Jamatia in a sexual harassment case, an official said here.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday booked former Tripura Minister and sitting Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Mevar Kumar Jamatia in a sexual harassment case, an official said here.The incident took place at the Tripura Bhawan in .
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS): The Delhi Police on Wednesday booked former Tripura Minister and sitting Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Mevar Kumar Jamatia in a sexual harassment case, an official said here. The incident took place at the Tripura Bhawan in Delhi on Tuesday night at around 9:30 pm. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), Amrutha Guguloth, said a complaint of molestation was lodged by a woman at around 2:35 am on Wednesday. “The accused has been served a notice under Section 41(A) of the CrPc,” the DCP said. Based on the complaint, an FIR was also registered against the veteran tribal leader under Sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 354 (A) (Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code. Meanwhile, Joint Resident Commissioner of the Tripura Bhawan, Ranjit Das, in a letter to Tripura government apprised it of the incident that happened on Tuesday night.
Former Tripura Minister and sitting Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Mevar Kumar Jamatia was detained on Wednesday by the police in the national capital after a girl student complained of molestation against the veteran tribal leader.
BJP-IPFT to jointly contest in Tripura tribal council polls
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Agartala, March 9 : After months of political tussle, the ruling allies in Tripura the BJP and the IPTF on Tuesday night announced to jointly contest the April 4 elections to the politically significant Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).
The 28-member TTAADC, which is considered a mini-state Assembly in terms of political significance, has a jurisdiction of over two-thirds of Tripura s 10,491 sq km area and is home to over 12,16,000 people, 90 per cent of which are tribals.