Gomati district of Tripura

The Supreme Court has directed stay the FIR registered against the women journalists for reporting the communal violence in Tripura, as well as issued a notice while asking them to file a reply. The journalists were reporting on religious tensions in Tripura following recent attacks on mosques....

Both Samridhi and Swarna were arrested on Sunday for spreading fake news on social media that a mosque was burnt in the Gomati district of Tripura and a copy of the Quran was damaged. They were reporting on religious tensions in Tripura following recent attacks on mosques and properties owned by Muslims.