Agartala, Jun 19 (UNI) A journalist was critically injured last night after he was allegedly attacked by a gang of petroleum mafia, in Dharmanagar town of North Tripura.
According to reports, the prime accused Simin Mia and Mihir Deb, who had been involved with a petroleum theft gang in Dharmanagar oil depot for past many years, had invited Suman in a city corner for sharing some news around 2230 hrs last night.
Suman had done several stories on oil theft from the depot and tanker by the gang, which involved IOCL staff, police and some officers of civil administration. The gang had been running parallel oil business between Assam and Tripura. But Suman's stories on the gang forced the police to take action recently, which made the gang unhappy.