AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): Tripura local TV channel Editor Saikat Talapatra was arrested here in Tripura after he allegedly posted something against Chief Minister Biplab Deb. His facebook account has also been hacked. His arrest has been claimed as totally illegal and based on irrational charges for sharing news and information.

His arrest was a part of ongoing arrests of various people including a police constable after they shared news about Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s ongoing divorce case, whereas Biplab Deb didn’t dare to file any case against any national media which are strict to their stand that Biplab Deb is undergoing divorce case with wife, proving the news have been 100% true. Before the arrest, Biplab Deb’s wife directly told media that either “legal” or “illegal”, but they will take action against all who talked about the divorce case. Earlier, in Manipur Kishorchandra Wangkhem was arrested in November 2018 after he criticized BJP and RSS.