Agartala: A total number of 73 police and security personnel were suspended in various corruption cases during the past 18 months in Tripura. A police official said on the condition of anonymity, "Seventy-three policemen, including eleven officers and 20 jawans of Tripura State Rifles were suspended so far since March last year."

The security personnel were suspended under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and Prevention of Corruption Act. "The state government and Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb asked the police department to take stringent actions against the corruption and indiscipline irrespective of police, civil officials and common men," the official said.