A video has gone viral on social media platforms wherein a person who went to ask for his pending salary was assaulted by the shop owner in Agartala.

A shop owner in Tripura was caught on camera assaulting a former employee with an iron rod when the former employee asked for his pending salary for the month of October.

Videos of the incident show a business man of Tripura, who owns a garment store in Agartala, slapping and assaulting his former employee Surajit Tripura with an iron rod.

Another staff, was also seen helping Saha as he repeatedly slapped the victim.

Mr Tripura, a tribal youth from the remote Dhalai district of the state, filed a complaint against the store owner at the West Agartala police station.

Videos of the assault went viral on social media, prompting many, including TIPRA Motha chief Pradyot Manikya to condemn it.

Tripura BJP Janajati Morcha strongly condemns the unfortunate incident of violence at a business establishment – near Bidurkarta Chowmuhani in Agartala on Monday where a video viral on social media shows a tribal youth has been assaulted in the showroom.

In a Press Statement BJP Janajati Morcha said “We reiterates that the incident was a simple criminal act by the shopkeeper against his employee who had simply asked for payment of his due salary. It is quite logical if anybody devotes his labour on a contract to another – it becomes his right to get the salary in time and the labour seeker is duty bound to pay the money in due time”.

They added, “While investigating the incident, it appears that the youth identified as Surajit Tripura hails from the Longtarai Valley Sub-division in Dhalai district working in the showroom for quite a few months now. Recently, he took leave for two days for TPSC exam with due intimation. On Monday, he was called by the shop owner Apu Saha when he had requested for disbursement of his salary dues. Upon arrival, Apu Saha and another employee Sagar Deb allegedly compelled him to unrobbed and tortured him inside the shop.

After getting released from the clutches of Apu Saha, Surajit lodged a complaint with police on Monday night.

Tripura BJP Janajati Morcha strongly demands a thorough investigation into the case and police must book the accused persons immediately under appropriate law.

Tripura Police must set an example in the case to establish rule of law in the state and send a strong message to such types of criminals.