Tripura Marriage Raids By District Magistrate: Tripura High Court Orders Further Inquiry To Find Out Under Whose Order DM Detained Attendees

Hearing a PIL in relation to a viral video of an incident that took place in Agartala wherein a marriage function was stopped midway by the DM and his team, the Tripura High Court on Wednesday observed that taking men, women, and children to the Police Stations and detaining them for about 2 hours is a very serious matter.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi. Hearing a PIL in relation to a viral video of an incident that took place in Agartala wherein a marriage function was stopped midway by the DM and his team, the Tripura High Court on Wednesday observed that taking men, women, and children to the Police Stations and detaining them for about 2 hours is a very serious matter. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice SG Chattopadhyay perused a report filed by the Secretary of the Inquiry Committee. during the course of the earlier hearing in the matter, noting that the State administration has agreed to transfer the District Magistrate out of Agartala, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice SG Chattopadhyay, lifted the rigors against the conduct of further inquiry instituted by the State Government.