Key Takeaways
- The Supreme Court ordered a special CBI team to investigate the Manipur violence.
- Two senior officers—AIGP Subrata Chakraborty and Commandant Pinaki Samanta—were transferred from the Tripura government to the CBI.
- The deployment follows a Ministry of Home Affairs requisition to ensure compliance with the court’s directive.
Agartala: The Tripura government on Thursday deputed two senior SP-level police officers to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
This move follows the requisition of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to comply with the direction of the Supreme Court, which ordered a special team to investigate the violence in Manipur.
The General Administration (Personnel and Training) department of the Tripura government, in a letter to the Under Secretary MHA, said that AIGP (TSR) Subrata Chakraborty and Commandant, TSR 2nd battalion Pinaki Samanta, have been transferred to CBI on deputation.
Both officers were relieved from their present assignments and directed to report to the headquarters of the CBI in New Delhi immediately, as per the directives of the Supreme Court judgement on August 7 in connection with the Manipur violence and implementation of the court order.
