Opposition leaders have been attacked or heckled in various parts of the state. Multiple reports of violence have allegedly been ignored by Tripura police.
The president and general secretary of Assam Miya Parishad were arrested along with three others for their alleged association with terror outfits under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, police said on Wednesday.
Guwahati, Oct. 26 (PTI): Three persons, including the president and general secretary of the Assam Miya Parishad, have been detained for their alleged association with terror outfits, police said on Wednesday. The development comes after the controversial ‘Miya Museum’, set up in a house allotted under PMAY in Assam’s Goalpara district, was sealed on Tuesday. The president of the Miya Parishad M Mohar Ali was picked up from the museum at Dapkabhita in Goalpara district when he was sitting on a dharna, while its general secretary Abdul Baten Sheikh was taken into custody from his residence in Alamganj of Dhubri district on Tuesday night, police said. Former Aam Aadmi Party leader and Ahom Royal Society member Tanu Dhadumia, who had inaugurated the museum on Sunday, was detained from his residence in Kawamari village in Dibrugarh, they said. The trio have been brought to Nalbari in connection with a case registered at the Ghograpar police station under various sections
A Guwahati court has directed the police to register a case against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly saying that the last year's eviction drive in Garukhuti village of Darrang district was an "act of revenge".
Miscreants with alleged links to a right-wing organisation disrupted a Christmas programme in Silchar town of Assam's Cachar district, demanding that Hindus should shun the celebrations. Seven people allegedly involved in the incident have been detained so far, a senior police official said.