Assam Tailor Arrested After Death Threat Appears on CM’s Facebook Live
Police have detained four people and the Cyber Cell is analyzing the social‑media account to determine whether the post was written by the accused or by an impersonator.
Overview
- A threatening comment surfaced during the chief minister’s Facebook Live of his Independence Day address on Friday that offered Rs 1 crore to kill him and included pro‑Pakistan slogans.
- Police traced the mobile number shown with the comment to a Morigaon-registered handset and arrested the man linked to that number, identified as tailor Abdul Mutaleb.
- Three others from Mutaleb’s village — his father Abdul Khaleq, his brother Abu Taleb and a youth named Rashidul Islam — were detained for questioning as investigators widen the probe.
- Mutaleb denies posting the threat and says a fake Facebook account using his photograph was created to frame him, so investigators are treating the digital trail as central evidence.
- The Cyber Cell is examining account metadata, login history and device links to confirm authorship and those findings will shape whether the detentions become formal charges and how security procedures are adjusted.