SC prevents Tripura police from arresting three charged under UAPA

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Tripura police not to take any coercive action against the three civil society members, including a journalist, in connection with an FIR lodged under the harsh UAPA provisions against them for allegedly bringing facts through social media posts about "targeted violence" against the minority community in the state.

A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli also issued a notice to the Agartala police on the plea filed by advocates Mukesh and Ansarul Haq and journalist Shyam Meera Singh against lodging of the FIR.

The FIR lodged at the West Agartala police station under the IPC and the UAPA provisions accuse them of disseminating information about communal violence in the state. Recently, the north-eastern state witnessed incidents of arson, looting and violence after reports emerged from Bangladesh that the Hindu minorities there had been attacked during ‘Durga Puja' on allegations of blasphemy.

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