Overview
- Sabikul Islam was arrested in Lakhimpur for allegedly sharing a pro-Pakistan post and Dulal Bora was taken into custody in Nagaon for a derogatory comment about Hindu deities.
- Assam has now detained 92 people in a crackdown launched after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack targeting those accused of anti-national social media activity.
- AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam was the first high-profile arrest on May 1 after he alleged that the Pahalgam and Pulwama attacks were part of a government conspiracy.
- Following his release on bail, Aminul Islam was immediately recharged under the National Security Act.
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has vowed to sustain the operations and increase digital surveillance to identify further anti-national posts.