Dibya Kamal Bordoloi
Agartalai: Three men were arrested on the charge of attempting to murder Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, police said here on Saturday.
According to police,The three men drove a car through the security cordon of the chief minister when he was out on an evening walk near his official residence at Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Lane on Thursday.
Deb managed to jump aside as the vehicle whisk past him, but one of his security personnel walking by his side sustained minor injuries, police sources added.
The chief minister’s security personnel tried to cordoned the suspected car but could not, police said.
The three men were arrested late on Thursday from the Kerchowmuhani area and the vehicle seized, they said.
They were produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate PP Paul on Friday and remanded to 14 days in jail.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Bidyut Sutradhar said the motive of the three men, all in their mid-20s, were yet to be ascertained.
“We demanded two days of police remand for interrogation, but the court has remanded them to judicial custody till August 19. Now, the police will interrogate them in jail to know their motive behind driving through the security cordon of the chief minister,” Sutradhar said in the media.
