Tripura violence: State questions 'selective' outrage

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 24

The Tripura Government has questioned the selective outrage of some “public spirited” citizens who sought the Supreme Court’s intervention in the recent communal violence in the North-Eastern state, saying they chose to remain silent during pre-poll and post-poll violence in West Bengal.

Responding to a petition seeking an independent probe into the communal violence and the alleged complicity and inaction on the part of the state police, the Tripura Government submitted that the so-called “public spirit” of the petitioners did not move during large-scale violence in West Bengal, but suddenly their “public spirit” aroused due to some instances in a small state like Tripura.

Terming it a case of “selective outrage” under the pretence of public interest, the Tripura Government urged the top court to dismiss the petition and slap exemplary costs on the petitioners.

Giving time to the petitioner to respond to the Tripura Government’s affidavit, a Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud on Monday posted the matter for further hearing on January 31.

Acting on a petition filed by advocate Ehtesham Hashmi, the Supreme Court had on November 29 issued notices to the Centre and Tripura Government on a petition seeking an SIT probe into violence against the minority community in the state.

Hashmi, who had visited the riot-hit areas of Tripura with other advocates and published a fact-finding report, had highlighted alleged hate crimes against the minority community in the state in October.

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