Advocate Pijush Kanti Biswas said allegations of communal hatred levelled against the two journalists weren’t found in the FIR.
Two women journalists detained Sunday for reporting on recent instances of alleged religious vandalism in Tripura were granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court Monday evening in Udaipur sub-division of Gomati district. The journalists were arrested at Nilambazaar police station in Assam late Sunday night and brought back by a special team of the Tripura Police.
Produced before the court of Judge Subhra Nath, they were granted bail. The court also instructed them to cooperate with the police in their questioning and investigation
Police arrested two journalists of Bombay-based news agency from Karimganj last night. They had come to cover news. In the last few days, news was being carried in national media about religious vandalism and attacks on some minority people. They came here to verify the truth and cover the news. They visited Udaipur and parts of North Tripura where there were allegations that mosques were attacked and vandalised. They published whatever they saw on social media,” Biswas said.
A senior Tripura Police official said they were arrested by a special team of the state police – which was dispatched to bring them back – at Nilambazaar police station while they were moving from Dharmanagar to Silchar in a car. “A team of Tripura Police, sent with special permission from court, arrested them and brought them back yesterday. They were produced before a local court after preliminary investigation,” the official said.