78 Anti-Nationals Arrested In Assam For Sympathising With Pakistan On Social Media
First Published: 27th May, 2025 9:29 IST
The arrested are Hamidul Islam from Goalpara and Rupam Saikia from Majuli.
Two more persons have been arrested in Assam for sympathising with Pakistan on social media, taking the total number of such arrests to 78 so far, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.
The arrested are Hamidul Islam from Goalpara and Rupam Saikia from Majuli.
Taking to X, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “#Update on Crackdown against anti-nationals. 78 anti-national elements have been put behind bars now for sympathising with the enemy nation on social media”, the chief minister posted on X.
Sarma had earlier said the ”state-wide crackdown on traitors will continue and nobody will be spared”.
The police have launched action against those people who were allegedly indulging in ”anti-India and pro-Pakistan activities”.
The chief minister had also said that the National Security Act (NSA) will be clamped on certain people arrested but not on all.
Opposition AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam was arrested on sedition charges for defending Pakistan and its complicity in the Pahalgam terror attack but after he was granted bail in this case, he was booked under the NSA.
Also Read: Assam Police Arrested 65 Persons For Anti-National Comments and Posts in Social Media
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