Guwahati: Assam Police have arrested five individuals for allegedly posting inflammatory and offensive content on social media in the aftermath of the recent blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.
The chief minister, in a post on X, said the state government would maintain a zero-tolerance approach toward those “misusing social media to spread hatred or glorify terror.”
He added, “Assam Police has arrested five individuals for spreading offensive and inflammatory content online related to the recent Delhi blast. We will continue to act swiftly and firmly against such behaviour.”
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Those arrested have been identified as Mattiur Rahman from Darrang, Hassam Ali from Goalpara, Abdul Latif from Chirang, Wajhul Kamal from Kamrup, and Nur Amin Ahmed from Bongaigaon.
On Tuesday, police had also detained a retired school principal in Cachar district for allegedly posting objectionable remarks online that sought to “politicise” the Delhi incident.
The arrests follow a high-intensity explosion on Monday evening near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi, which tore through a car, killing 12 people and injuring several others.
