By this writ petition the petitioner, a grief-stricken mother lost his son on 11.07.2011 allegedly for fire opened by the respondent No.8 who was holding the position of Assistant Commandant, 11th Bn. of Tripura State Rifles or the personnel who accompanied him at the relevant point of time.

2. The petitioner's son, namely Papai Saha was an energetic young man. For premature death of his father, he discontinued his education and joined hands with his elder brother for running a business of steel utensils at the Hawker's Corner, Agartala. On the fateful day, the Indian National Congress(I) organised an agitation, which went berserk in front of West Agartala Police Station and suddenly it resulted in wholesome deterioration of law and order situation. The tranquil city turned turbulent within a moment. The allegation of the petitioner in the writ petition is that the wife of the respondent No.8 was purchasing some gold ornaments from a jewellery shop, called ‘Shyam Sundar Co. & Jewellery’ when the said turbulence broke out. As a result, the respondent No.8 sent the armed TSR personnel to rescue his wife from the said jewellery shop. Without any provocation they open fire fr