GUWAHATI, April 26: Assam police apprehended one more person for his alleged ‘pro-Pakistan’ stand in the wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, taking the total number of such arrests in the state to nine, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
The latest arrest was made in the Sribhumi district on Friday night, CM Sarma said.
The chief minister, in a post on X, said the accused had posted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ on Facebook.
Two persons, including opposition AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam, were apprehended on Thursday, while six more arrests across the state were made on Friday, Sarma had said.
“Assam will not tolerate any individual who, directly or indirectly, supports or defends Pakistan in connection with the heinous attack in Pahalgam,” he said in a post on social media on Friday.
Of the persons arrested earlier, two are from Silchar in Cachar district (Md. A.K. Bahauddin, Md. Javed Mazumder) and one each from Hailakandi (Md. Jabir Hussain), Morigaon (Md. Mahahar Mia @ Md. Mujihirul Islam), Nagaon (Md. Aminul Islam), Sivasagar (Md. Sahil Ali), Barpeta and Biswanath, he added.
He said, “As part of its intensified crackdown on individuals promoting anti-national sentiments, the @assampolice has made two additional arrests: Barpeta: Md. Jarif Ali (25), also known as Sharif Sing, Biswanath: Anil Bania, District Secretary of the Satra Mukti Sangram Parishad.”
Further arrests are underway as part of our ongoing crackdown, Sarma added.
India on Wednesday (April 23) suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, a day after 26 people, including tourists, were gunned down in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. The move is among the five big punitive moves taken by New Delhi against Islamabad in the wake of the terror attacks.
