8 Arrested For Comments ‘Supporting Pak’ After J&K Attack

way2barak, April 26 : At least eight people have been arrested by the Assam Police as part of an “intensified crackdown” against individuals who have “directly or indirectly” supported Pakistan after Tuesday’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.

Of the eight, six were arrested on Friday while the other two, including an MLA from the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) – an opposition party in Assam – were taken into custody on Thursday.

The arrested include two people from Silchar, namely K Bahauddin Laskar, Assam University student and Md. Zaved Majumder, Advocate and one each from Hailakandi, Morigaon, Sivasagar, Barpeta and Biswanath. Most of these people were arrested for social media posts after the attack .