- GUWAHATI — Assam
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday reiterated that anybody who would
support Pakistan on social media or other platforms will face wrath of law.
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- He told reporters here, “We will not tolerate any
pro-Pakistan people in Assam. We have been taking strict action against these
perpetrators. Any person who will post anything on social media supporting
Pakistan, police will take strict action in this matter.”
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- Notably, Assam Police have arrested at least 36 people from
different corners of the state for their pro-Pakistan stand on social media
platforms. Among the 36 arrested people, the most prominent is AIUDF party MLA
Aminul Islam. He was the first person to be arrested in the state for the
“pro-Pakistan” stand.
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- Islam, AIUDF MLA from Assam's Dhing Assembly constituency,
was arrested on Thursday on sedition charges following his provocative
statement regarding the terror attack at Kashmir’s Pahalgam that claimed over
20 lives. In a video clip circulated on social media, Islam is heard claiming
that the Pahalgam and Pulwama attacks were part of a "government
conspiracy".
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- He said: "Six years ago in Pulwama, when the RDX blast
happened and 42 soldiers died, I said on that day the Pulwama blast happened at
the behest of a conspiracy of the central government, and it was a conspiracy
to win the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.” He said what happened in Pahalgam is that the
BJP has been peddling that the terrorists asked about religion and opened fire
only on Hindus, and they let go of Muslims. “But the victims said that the
terrorists opened fire without asking about anybody's name, and I doubt that
the nexus which was involved in the Pulwama attack in which RDX was used, the
same nexus is behind the Pahalgam incident,” he said.
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- “If the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government does not
conduct a fair investigation into the incident and tries to bring a division
between Hindus and Muslims, I would believe that this incident happened because
of a conspiracy,” Islam said, ‘blaming’ PM Modi and HM Amit Shah.
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- AIUDF chief Maulana Badaruddin Ajmal distanced himself from
his MLA Islam's comments. Ajmal said, “AIUDF stands with the government. The
terrorists have no religion, and those who spread terrorism are against Islam.”
