Journalist, cop arrested for sharing Facebook-post on Biplab Deb's divorce
What's the story
A journalist and a police constable were arrested yesterday for sharing a Facebook post which claimed Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb's wife has filed a divorce suit against him, police said. Freelance journalist Saikat Talapatra has been arrested and lodged for the night at the West Agartala Police station, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Subrata Chakraborty said. Read the details here.
Details
Details of police constable yet to be made available
The police constable was arrested after a case was registered against him for sharing the Facebook post, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Puneet Rastogi said. Details of the police constable are yet to be made available. The cop and the journalist, who has worked with several TV channels before starting to freelance in 2018, will be produced in court today.
The post
Paul claimed that Niti filed divorce-suit in Tees Hazari court
The two were arrested for sharing a Facebook post by Anupam Paul, in which he claimed that Biplab's wife Niti Deb has filed a divorce suit in Delhi's Tees Hazari court, officials said. A case has already been registered against Paul, who is currently on the run, they said. Biplab has described the post as a "deep-rooted conspiracy" to tarnish his image.
Denial
Rumors have no mouth, only filthy and sick minds: Niti
The chief minister said, "It is a baseless and motivated post which is in bad taste." His wife Niti Deb has also denied that she has filed any divorce suit and said, "Rumors have no mouth, only dirty, filthy and sick minds...." The state BJP had demanded that the administration take the strictest action against those involved in it.