Politiek · Top Cop Found Dead · ArchiefTripura's Top Cop Found Dead: Questions Mount as Investigation Drags OnGeschreven 7 september 2026 om 21:22 UTCKijkenTranscript0:00Breaking news out of northeast India0:02tonight, Tripura's Director General of0:03Police, Anurag Dhankar, has been found0:06dead inside his own office at police0:08headquarters in Agartala. The 1994 batch0:11IPS officer was declared brought dead at0:14Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital Monday0:15afternoon after officers found him with0:17a gunshot wound. Police say the0:19preliminary investigation points to0:21suicide using his service pistol. But0:23with a state's top law enforcement0:25officer dead behind closed doors,0:27opposition parties are demanding answers0:29and a high court investigation. The body0:31was discovered at the Tripura police0:33headquarters in Agartala on July 20th.0:35Officers attempted CPR before rushing0:37Dhankar to Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital0:39where he was declared dead at 12:48 p.m.0:42Chief Minister Manik Saha personally0:44visited the scene, an indication of how0:46high the shockwaves have reached.0:47Dhankar had served as Director General0:49of Police since May of last year. A 19940:52batch officer, he rose through the ranks0:54to lead the state's police force. Now0:56that same force is investigating his0:58death, a situation opposition leaders1:00call a fundamental conflict of interest.1:02Agartala, the capital of Tripura in1:04India's northeast, the death of the1:06state's top cop has sent shockwaves1:08through the region with politicians from1:10across the spectrum calling for1:12transparency. Opposition leader Jitendra1:14Chaudhury is among those demanding a1:16high court judicial probe, arguing that1:18a police-led investigation into the1:19death of the police chief cannot be1:21impartial. The ruling BJP has struck a1:24more measured tone. State BJP president1:26Abhishek Debroy said the investigation1:29will reveal the truth. But with each1:30passing day and no clear answers,1:32questions about transparency and the1:34circumstances surrounding the DGP's1:36death continue to mount.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDexDe korte video ↗
