Tensions rise in Indian state after attacks against Muslims

A paramilitary soldier patrols past a shop that was set on fire in Rowa village, about 135 miles from Agartala, in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura (Panna Ghosh/AP)

Tensions were high in parts of India’s northeastern Tripura state on Friday after a string of attacks against minority Muslims, seen as retaliation for the violence against Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh earlier this month.

State authorities deployed police and paramilitary troops and banned the assembly of more than five people in areas where attacks were reported.