71 ‘anti-nationals' arrested in Assam after Pahalgam terror attack
In a post on X, Sarma said one person each was arrested from Kokrajhar, Goalpara and South Salmara-Mankachar districts.
Guwahati, May 19 (PTI) Three more people have been apprehended in Assam for allegedly being involved in 'anti-national' activities, following the Pahalgam terror attack, taking the total number of such arrests to 71 so far, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.
Earlier, opposition AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly 'defending' Pakistan and its complicity in the Pahalgam terror attack.
After getting bail in the case, Islam was detained under the National Security Act (NSA).
Sarma had, on May 2, threatened to take stringent action against those who raised the 'Pakistan zindabad' slogan in the aftermath of the Jammu and Kashmir terror attack last month. PTI TR TR BDC
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