Updated Apr 07, 2021 | 22:26 IST
The Assamese writer was arrested on Tuesday on various charges including sedition for her alleged Facebook post on security forces after 22 security personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.
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Guwahati: The Assam police have arrested Guwahati-based writer Sikha Sarma for allegedly making controversial comments against Martyrs on social media, police said on Wednesday.
Guwahati Police Commissioner Munna Prasad Gupta said that the 48-year-old Assamese writer was arrested on Tuesday on various charges including sedition for her alleged Facebook post on security forces after 22 security personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh on Sunday. "Seeking judicial custody, Sarma would be produced in court soon," Gupta told IANS over phone.