28 people were arrested from 7 states for making controversial remarks on social media about Pahalgam terror attack. All these arrests include Assam opposition party AIUDF MLA, a journalist, a lawyer, 2 retired teachers and 23 students.
Arrests have been made in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura for disputed posts on social media. Maximum 16 arrests have been made from Assam.
MLA’s disputed remarks, sedition case registered
The first arrest was made on 24 April to make controversial remarks on social media on the Pahalgam attack. Arrested MLA Aminul Islam is from Assam’s opposition party AIUDF. He described the 2019 Pulwama attack and the Pahalgam attack of 22 April as a ‘conspiracy of the government’. A case of treason was registered against him and on 25 April, he was sent to four days police custody.
Fourth arrest in MP for sharing disputed video
On 25 April in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, a college guest lecturer Nasim Bano shared a controversial video about the Pahalgam attack on WhatsApp. The police detained the lecturer on this. The student organization ABVP has demanded strict action.
However, the lecturer claimed that he did not make the video. The video was accidentally engaged on WhatsApp status. Earlier, 3 arrests have been made in such cases in the state.
Assam journalist-student and 2 retired teachers arrested from Tripura
On April 25, 6 arrests were made from Assam in the disputed remarks case. These included a journalist, student and a lawyer. These accused made anti -government and anti -national comments on social media.
At the same time, there have been four arrests in Tripura so far, including two retired teachers. One arrests have also been made from UP, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Assam CM said- if needed, NSA will be installed
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said- National Security Act (NSA) will also impose if these arrests are needed. We are investigating all social media posts and whatever will be found anti -national, action will be taken on it. There is no similarity between India and Pakistan. Both countries are mutual enemies and we should remain like this.
