Media Houses attacked by hooligons in Tripura

The hooligans attacked the office of Pratibadi Kalam and ransacked the building on Wednesday.

A vehicle of Pratibadi Kalam was also vandalised and motorbikes of journalists were burnt.

Many media organisations and senior Journalists and editors, including Agartala Press Club Secretary Pranab Sarkar, visited the Pratibadi Kalam office and condemned the attack.

They demanded the immediate arrest of those involved in the attack.  

Senior members of the Tripura media have threatened to launch an agitation of the attackers are not arrested in 12 hours.

Later at night, Central Minister Pratima Bhowmik and Minister Sushanta Choudhury went to the office of Pratibadi Kalam and assured the Editor of taking action against the culprits.