Security of former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb reduced after uproar

After the uproar, the security of former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has been reduced.

Four cars, including the first pilot car, tail car and additional car, and his security forces were deboarded from Deb’s convoy, a senior police officer said.

Deb resigned as Chief Minister on May 14, though he continued to enjoy the benefits of “Z” category security. Deb became the Chief Minister on March 9, 2018.

Congress leader Sudip Roy Burman said he will write a letter to Chief Secretary Kumar Alok “for misappropriation of public money and will also file a PIL in the Tripura High Court”.

Roy Burman said, “The present Chief Minister Manik Saha, Chief Secretary and Director General of Police are aware of the unfair facilities but still, they are entertaining these violations of protocol.”

On May 15, Tripura BJP President Manik Saha took oath as the 12th Chief Minister of the state. The BJP, along with ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, defeated the Left Front in Tripura in 2018. In Tripura’s 60-member assembly, the BJP won 36 seats and the IPFT eight, while the CPI(M) won 16.

Originally published at Pen 18