Who is Samriddhi Sakunia? The journalist was detained in Assam after a case was filed against her by the Tripura police. Reason? She has been accused of spreading communal disharmony after they reported about the vandalism at mosque in the state.
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Who is Samriddhi Sakunia
According to the police, her reportage has stoked tensions in the region and as far as Maharashtra's Amravati. This led to her detention.
She is an alumna of Indira School of Mass Communication, as per her Linkedin Profile.
"The police arrived yesterday at the hotel around 10:30 at night and served the FIR copy in the morning 5:30am. We were supposed to leave for the capital Agartala but have been not allowed to move despite full cooperation. There are around 16-17 police deployed outside our hotel.", she wrote on Twitter.
"I will be putting out a statement soon iterating all the intimidation I had to face while covering the #Tripura story soon. Meanwhile, we are seeking legal remedy. Ps. We aren't allowed to move outside from our hotel.", read her next tweet.
She also shared the copy of FIR on Twitter.
FIR🚨 in #Tripura@Jha_Swarnaa and I, the correspondent at @hwnewsnetwork have been booked under 3 sections of IPC at the Fatikroy police station, Tripura.
VHP filed complaint against me and @Jha_Swarnaa FIR has been filed under the section: 120(B), 153(A)/ 504.
Her most recent tweet was the announcement that she has been detained. "We have been detained at the Nilambazar police station, Karimganj, Assam. We were informed by the officer in-charge of Nilambazar PS that SP of Gomti District gave the orders for our detention", it read.
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