A division bench of the Tripura High Court, led by Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao, on Thursday condemned senior officials of the state home department and the police for allegedly submitting false information and attempting to mislead the court in a case over an April 4 assault at East Agartala Police Station. The bench dismissed a government affidavit and directed the state to take appropriate action against officials who filed incorrect and misleading statements.
The petition concerns Saikat Saha, who is accused to have been taken from Dhaleswar to the East Agartala police station on April 4, where outsiders allegedly assaulted him in the presence of police officers before Saha was handed over to police custody. Initially, the police station reported to the court that no assault occurred inside the station.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted at the high court’s request, later found that Saha had indeed been assaulted inside the police station while police personnel were present and did not intervene. The SIT’s findings prompted the division bench to question how the home department could then file an affidavit denying the incident despite the SIT’s evidence.
The court ordered action against the officials involved, including the under secretary who submitted the affidavit, and directed decisive steps against the police officer responsible for the earlier incorrect report. The judges expressed deep concern at allegations that civilians were able to enter a police station and assault a person while law enforcement stood by without intervening.
Senior advocate Purushottam Ray Barman, representing Saha, told reporters that Chief Justice Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit issued serious remarks against officials for providing misleading information to the court. The bench sought accountability for all parties, including those who allegedly attempted to conceal the facts.
The proceedings also revealed that Rabindra Narayan Ghosh, a former Agartala Municipal Corporation Task Force employee, was accused of demanding a Rs 2 lakh bribe from Saha’s family for building-plan approval and has been dismissed. Ghosh and another person have been arrested and are in judicial custody; the high court has sought a detailed report from the Agartala Municipal Corporation commissioner on actions taken against the dismissed official.
Original Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/tripura-hc-orders-action-against-govt-officials-for-providing-false-info/articleshow/131840711.cms
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Publish Date: 2026-06-19 00:11:00
