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Assam MLA alleges Centre 'plot', arrested

Assam MLA alleges Centre 'plot', arrested

Prabin Kalita / TNN / Apr 25, 2025, 05:28 IST

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Assam Police arrested AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam on treason charges following his controversial claim that the Pahalgam massacre was a central government conspiracy to incite religious discord, linking it to the 2019 Pulwama attack. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered the arrest, warning against supporting Pakistan. AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal distanced the party from Islam's remarks, calling them personal views.

Assam MLA alleges Centre 'plot', arrested

GUWAHATI: Assam Police Thursday arrested AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam on treason charges, a day after he claimed the Pahalgam massacre was a "conspiracy by the central govt" to incite religious discord, and linked it to the Pulwama suicide bombing of 2019 that left 40 CRPF personnel dead.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered the action and warned that those in the BJP-governed state "indirectly supporting Pakistan would not be spared". Police filed a suo motu case against Islam, who represents Dhing constituency, over what cops described as a "misleading and instigating statement" by him in a purported video that went viral and had the potential to create an adverse situation.
AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal distanced himself from Islam's comments, describing them as his "personal views", not that of the party, and asserting "terrorists have no religion".

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Prabin Kalita

Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.

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