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Veteran Congress leader and former Assam Chief Minister Bhumidhar Barman died here on Sunday evening after protracted illness, Congress leaders said. He was 89.
He is survived by a son and a daughter. His wife had predeceased him.
Congress sources said that the veteran leader had been on ventilator support at the ICU of Dispur Hospital for the last 28 days.
Bhumidhar Barman s role in Indian politics
Bhumidhar Barman passes awayIANS
Barman, a member of the Assam Assembly seven times since 1967, held the Chief Minister s chair twice - once between April 22, 1996, and May 14, 1996, after the death of then Chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia, and then, again in 2010, when then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was on leave on medical grounds.
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. Representational Image | Photo Credit: PTI
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.
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