{"id":17558,"date":"2026-01-14T13:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=17558"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:31:32","slug":"journalist-attacked-again-in-agartala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/journalist-attacked-again-in-agartala\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Attacked Again in Agartala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Agartala, Jan 14:<\/strong> A journalist was once again attacked on Tuesday night, raising serious concerns over the safety of media persons on duty. <strong>Mrinal Kanti Debnath<\/strong>, a journalist of Dainik Sambad, was assaulted by miscreants while returning home after completing his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">According to reports, Debnath\u2019s auto-rickshaw broke down in the Milanchakra (Bardowali) area under A.D. Nagar Police Station. At the spot, a fire was seen burning in a dustbin, where personnel of the Fire and Emergency Services were present. As part of his professional duty, Debnath took out his mobile phone to record the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17555\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67-860x645.jpg 860w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67-760x570.jpg 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcab2b23-e694-46cb-8f65-0e7fba240a67.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">At that moment, a group of miscreants attacked him and physically assaulted him, leaving him injured. He sustained injuries to his face after being beaten by the attackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">On receiving the information, office-bearers of the Press Club contacted the police station late at night. On Wednesday morning, Agartala Press Club President Pranab Sarkar, senior journalist of Dainik Sambad Dipanta Majumder, along with other media persons, visited the incident site and followed up the matter with the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17556\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455-860x1147.jpg 860w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455-760x1013.jpg 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2ef7cb86-f325-4b51-8d24-f19648d14455.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(Mrinal Kanti Debnath<\/strong>, Journalist )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The incident has triggered strong condemnation from the journalist fraternity, who have demanded immediate arrest of the culprits and ensured security for journalists while performing their professional duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dainik Sambad journalist, Mrinal Kanti Debnath, was attacked by miscreants in the Milanchakra (Bardowali) area of Agartala on Tuesday night while performing his professional duty. He was assaulted after attempting to record a fire incident, sustaining facial injuries. The incident has drawn strong condemnation from the Press Club and media fraternity, who have demanded the immediate arrest of the culprits and better security for journalists on duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":17557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[4267,3567,4266,2155,4265,4262,4264,4263],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":{"0":"post-17558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tripura","8":"tag-a-d-nagar-police-station","9":"tag-agartala-news","10":"tag-attack-on-journalists","11":"tag-dainik-sambad","12":"tag-journalist-assault","13":"tag-media-safety","14":"tag-press-freedom","15":"tag-tripura-crime"},"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17560,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17558\/revisions\/17560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17558"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=17558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}