PFI, urban Naxals hatched conspiracy to set Assam Assembly on fire: Himanta

December 18: A conspiracy was hatched to set the Assam Secretariat on fire during the anti-CAB protests on 10 December. Addressing a press conference at Guwahati, BJP leader and state Finance Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the government has received electronic evidence against some of the ‘urban Naxals’, members of Popular Front of India (PFI) and a section of Congress leaders’ involvement in this conspiracy.

The minister said that the state government has decided to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incidents of violence in front of the Assam Secretariat. “We are also going to request the Central government to depute one working officer either from the CBI or from the NIA so that the investigation can be pursued more professionally,” he said.

Sarma said that till date 273 people has been arrested under different IPC sections for arson, looting and vandalism. He cautioned that any state government employee taking part in protest rally organized by political parties will face government action.