A mosque and a few shops were vandalised and two shops set on fire at Panisagar sub-division in North Tripura, 155 km from here, during a VHP rally Tuesday evening against recent vandalisation of Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh. Speaking to indianexpress.com, Panisagar Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Soubhik Dey said a VHP protest rally of around 3,500 people was organised in Panisagar. “A section of VHP activists at the rally ransacked a mosque in the Chamtilla area. Later, three houses and three shops were ransacked and two shops set on fire in the Rowa Bazar area, around 800 yards away from the first incident,” the official said. Narayan Das, a Bajrang Dal leader from Panisagar who was part of today’s rally, told indianexpress.com, “The VHP had organised a protest rally at Panisagar area today.

Source: Indian Express October 27, 2021 14:46 UTC