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Who Is Samriddhi Sakunia? Journalist Detained For Reporting About Vandalism At Tripura Mosque

According to the police, her reportage has stoked tensions in the region and as far as Maharashtra's Amravati. This led to her detention.

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Who is Samriddhi Sakunia? The journalist was detained in Assam after a case was filed against her by the Tripura police. Reason? She has been accused of spreading communal disharmony after they reported about the vandalism at mosque in the state.
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Who is Samriddhi Sakunia

  • According to the police, her reportage has stoked tensions in the region and as far as Maharashtra's Amravati. This led to her detention.
  • Her Instagram handle is samriddhi_sakunia_. She has 11.6K followers. Her Instagram bio reads, "पत्रकार/Journalist. Bylines: @IndianExpress @TheLeaflet_in @thecitizen.in @tcnpix @newsclick.in"
  • She hails from Pune.
  • She is an alumna of Indira School of Mass Communication, as per her Linkedin Profile.
  • "The police arrived yesterday at the hotel around 10:30 at night and served the FIR copy in the morning 5:30am. We were supposed to leave for the capital Agartala but have been not allowed to move despite full cooperation. There are around 16-17 police deployed outside our hotel.", she wrote on Twitter.
  • "I will be putting out a statement soon iterating all the intimidation I had to face while covering the #Tripura story soon. Meanwhile, we are seeking legal remedy. Ps. We aren't allowed to move outside from our hotel.", read her next tweet.
  • She also shared the copy of FIR on Twitter.


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