Five police injured after 60,000 cannabis plants destroyed in West Tripura
At least five Tripura Police and Tripura State Rifles personnel were injured when local residents threw bricks and stones at them as they returned from destroying about 60,000 cannabis plants in Panchabati, Sidhai Mohanpur, West Tripura, on 14 December 2023. Police registered a case and began a probe to identify the attackers.
🇮🇳 Panchabati, Sidhai Mohanpur village, West Tripura district, Tripura · India
- Plants destroyed
- 60,000
At least five personnel of the Tripura Police and the Tripura State Rifles were
injured when local residents attacked them in Sidhai Mohanpur village, West
Tripura district, on Thursday 14 December 2023.[1] In the Panchabati area, a
group of locals threw bricks at the contingent on its way back after it
destroyed the cannabis, and a second group attacked the vehicles and damaged
their windows.[1] A police officer said TSR personnel used mild force to
disperse the villagers.[2]
A senior police official said the operation destroyed around 60,000 ganja
plants, the local name for cannabis.[1] West Tripura superintendent of police
Kiran Kumar said locals attacked the police and TSR team on their way back after
destroying the cannabis and threw bricks at them, injuring a few.[3] Kumar
appealed to the public to cooperate with the police instead of resisting them.[3]
Police registered a case and began a probe to identify the attackers.[3]
Sources
- 5 cops injured, police vehicles damaged in clash after cannabis plantation destruction in West Tripura. The Indian Express, 14 December 2023.
- Tripura cops who destroyed 60,000 cannabis plants attacked; 5 hurt: Official. Hindustan Times, 14 December 2023.
- 4 Tripura cops injured in attack after cannabis plantation destroyed in West Tripura. Northeast Live, 15 December 2023.
Open questions the AI reported
- Northeast Live reported at least four police personnel injured; the Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported five. The report uses five.
- Northeast Live said thousands of cannabis plants were destroyed; the Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported around 60,000, the figure used here.
- The Indian Express dates the operation and attack to Thursday afternoon; Hindustan Times says Thursday evening. Both place it on 14 December 2023.
- No arrests or court outcome were reported in the sources opened.
- Coordinates are for Agartala, the West Tripura district headquarters, at district precision; the sources name only the Panchabati area of Sidhai Mohanpur village.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Indian Express: The injured were treated and discharged from hospital, and an officer said their injuries were not severe.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Indian Express: A state police official said a sustained drive to destroy illegal cannabis plantations was under way across Tripura, with at least 2.8 million plants destroyed in the year to that point.