Guwahati, August 21 , 2021: In Indian, Assam Police arrested fourteen Muslims were arrested from across Assam for alleged social media posts supporting the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, police said on Saturday. Police officials said the they booked them under different sections of the black laws Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, IT Act and the CrPC. "A total of 14 people have been arrested so far in 11 districts of Assam, which includes one MBBS student of Hailakandi, studying in Tezpur Medical college, and two others," a senior police official added.
While some directly supported Taliban government, some of them criticised Indian media for propagation against Taliban, the report said.
Those arrested were caught on the radar of the Assam Police's Cyber Cell that keeps constant vigil on social media networks; sources have said. The Special Branch (SB) of Assam police is overseeing the operation. The arrested include
Maulana Fazul Karim (49)of Darrand district
Abu Bakkar Siddiqi55 year old Kamrpur R
SaidulHaque 29 year old of Kamrup R
Jaweb Mazumder of Cachar
Mozidul Islam 25 year old Barpeta
Faruk Hussain Khan 32 year old Barpeta
Saiyed Ahmad 27 year old of Dhubri
Nadim Akhtar 23 year old Hailakandi
Khandakar Nur Alom of South Salamara
Mualana Basirudin Laskar 65 year old Hojal
Mujib uddin Karimganj
Mortuza Hussain Khan of Karimgan
Two people each were arrested from Kamrup Metropolitan, Barpeta, Dhubri and Karimganj districts, police said.
One person each was arrested from Darrang, Cachar, Hailakandi, South Salmara, Goalpara and Hojai districts, the police said.
Deputy Inspector General Violet Baruah said the Assam Police is taking stern legal action against pro-Taliban comments on social media that he claimed are harmful to them. agencies