Raids at wedding halls West Tripura DM moved out of Agartala, HC reconstitutes probe panel

West Tripura District Justice of the Peace Shailesh Kumar Yadav, who forcefully stopped two wedding ceremony ceremonies being held in violation of the night time curfew in place to test the unfold of Covid-19, has been transferred to Belonia in south Tripura district adjoining Bangladesh.

The Tripura Excessive Courtroom Wednesday mentioned it was crucial to shift the DM out of Agartala to allow an neutral inquiry within the case.

Yadav is accused of gross misconduct throughout the raids on April 26, allegedly slapping a priest, shoving one of many grooms and arresting everybody current on the weddings.



Following the incident, the DM had issued a public apology, solely to say a day later that he stood by his actions.

The video of the incident went viral on social media, triggering a backlash from celebrities like singer Sonu Nigam, BJP’s Chandigarh chapter, Vedic Brahman Samaj, and different our bodies who known as for Yadav’s suspension.

Whereas listening to a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) and two writ petitions filed by the daddy of the woman whose wedding ceremony was disrupted on the night time and the priest, allegedly manhandled by the DM, a Division Bench of the Tripura Excessive Courtroom comprising Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice SG Chattopadhyay reconstituted the enquiry committee arrange by the federal government to probe the problem and added retired district decide Subhash Sikdar in it.

The courtroom ordered the administration to supply all needed help to the committee to conduct an in depth inquiry into the incident and counsel measures to be taken thereafter.

Earlier, the state authorities had advised the courtroom that DM Yadav was despatched on 12-day depart with permission to go away the station. The official was lately relieved of his cost after a request from him for a similar amidst extreme protest. Nevertheless, he was accountable for different portfolios like Mission Director of Agartala Good Metropolis Mission and different authorities.



The courtroom, nevertheless, at present mentioned that the federal government’s step was “solely a stopgap association” and that it didn’t fulfill the courtroom’s earlier request to shift the DM out of Agartala for an neutral inquiry by the probe panel.

To this, Advocate Basic SS Dey knowledgeable the Excessive Courtroom that DM Yadav has been instantly transferred to Belonia. The courtroom accepted the measure taken and instructed that any findings of the probe panel might not be divulged elsewhere or revealed with out first inserting it within the courtroom and with out depart of the courtroom.