The Tripura government has issued a warning to a senior civil service official for making derogatory remarks against newspapers on social media. The General Administration Department issued a stricture in response to observations of the Press Council of India (PCI).

Senior Deputy Magistrate of Khowai district Pankaj Chakraborty in his Facebook post on August 18, 2015 had described newspapers as ‘toilet paper’, which invited ire of newsmen. While media rights groups condemned Mr. Chakraborty, Agartala-based senior journalist Pranab Sarkar moved the PCI seeking redress in the matter.