Overview
- Guwahati Police Commissioner Parthasarathi Mahanta announced the arrests at a Tuesday press conference.
- STF teams conducted an overnight operation across Barpeta, Chirang and Darrang districts in Assam as well as in Tripura.
- Ten suspects were detained in Assam and one in Tripura, according to police.
- Authorities allege the detainees are members of a newly formed group called Indian Mujahideen-K working under Bangladesh-based fundamentalist outfits.
- Police claim the group sought to destabilise Assam and the wider Northeast and to establish 'Muslim supremacy,' assertions that have not been independently verified.