The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a contempt plea of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which claimed that the law and order situation in Tripura is "worsening" by the day, ahead of civic body elections in the state.
Over a dozen Trinamool MPs sat on a dharna outside Home Minister Amit Shah's office in the national capital today protesting the alleged police brutality against their party workers in the BJP-ruled Tripura.
Tripura police has provided protection to mosques in sensitive areas after miscreants vandalised a mosque and two shops were set on fire at Chamtilla area in North Tripura, said police sources.