: Employees of Prashant Kishor’s firm I-PAC, detained in Agartala hotel, get bail #IndiaNEWS A court in Tripura on Thursday granted unconditional bail to 23 employees of election strategist Prashant

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Employees of Prashant Kishor’s firm I-PAC, detained in Agartala hotel, get bail #IndiaNEWS
A court in Tripura on Thursday granted unconditional bail to 23 employees of election strategist Prashant Kishor’s firm I-PAC, who were booked for alleged violation of Covid-19 protocol and detained at a hotel in Agartala, East Mojo reported. The employees of the firm had been conducting a survey in Tripura on behalf of the Trinamool Congress. The party has reportedly signed up I-PAC for the 2023 Assembly elections in Tripura.On Monday, the police stopped the employees from leaving their hotel, claiming that they had flouted Covid-19 norms. But I-PAC team members said they had all the necessary Covid-related documents, NDTV reported.Pijush Kanti Biswas, the lawyer representing I-PAC, told East Mojo that the police filed a case against the team members on Tuesday under the National Disaster Management Act and Section 188 of Indian Penal Code (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant). Biswas said that since the case was filed on Tuesday, their detention at the hotel on Monday was illegal.On Thursday, I-PAC employees approached the West Tripura District and Sessions Court for permanent bail. The assistant public prosecutor in the case told the court that certain conditions must be imposed on their bail, but Biswas opposed this. “I submitted before the court that no condition can be imposed on the nature of...Read more

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