Tripura: TMC MP Sushmita Dev’s car vandalised, IPAC workers were attacked too

News Desk: TMC MP Sushmita Dev’s car was vandalised by some people in Tripura today. She was with employees of Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC). She alleged that BJP was behind the attack.

Visuals show a blue SUV with the Trinamool Congress’s election symbol and loudspeakers on the roof dented with multiple hits.

Sushmita Dev sustained physical injuries. She was taken to the Amtuli Police Station in West Tripura district where she lodged a complaint with the police. I-PAC employees who were working on the TMC’s Tripura campaign, were also attacked and their phones were taken away by the BJP workers.

“Sushmita Dev along with 10 other party workers of TMC were brutally attacked by workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party at Amtali bazar around 1:30 pm. The perpetrators vandalised vehicles, physically assaulted workers of the TMC and outraged the modesty of female party workers” the TMC said in a complaint to the police.

“This was accompanied by theft of property including mobile phones belonging to supporters of the party. We request you to urgently enquire about the matter and bring the perpetrators to justice” the TMC said.