Mob assaults Assam cops, frees man held for pro-Pahalgam put up | India Information – The Occasions of India


Dibrugarh: Ten folks of Bangladeshi origin had been arrested Monday for attacking police and releasing a person accused of posting pro-terrorist content material on-line, after a deliberate mob assault in a village in Assam’s Lakhimpur.The assault triggered outrage because it concerned “Miya” folks – referred to Bengali-speaking immigrant Muslims of Bangladeshi origin in Assam, a inhabitants estimated at over one crore and lengthy central to the state’s anti-foreigner agitation of the Nineteen Eighties.The arrests observe a Dec 27 assault in Bongalmora when officers tracked down Baharul Islam, wished for social media posts supporting the Pahalgam terrorist assault.These arrested had been recognized as Afazuddin, Ikramul Hussain, Fakhruddin Ahmed, Noor Hussain, Gulzar Hussain, Nazrul Haque, Kazimuddin, Md Abdul Hamid, Bilal Hussain and Atabur Rahman. A number of have prior data, police stated.“After the Pahalgam assault, a number of folks posted on social media supporting the act. One such individual was Baharul Islam, who used a faux account,” Lakhimpur SSP Gunendra Deka stated.Islam had been on the run since a case was filed earlier this 12 months. Performing on intelligence, a staff traced him to Sonapur space of Bongalmora and detained him. As officers ready to maneuver him, a mob of greater than 10 folks closed in, beat the staff and pulled Islam free. “A bunch led by Atabur attacked the police staff and freed Baharul,” Deka stated, calling it “a deliberate assault”.SI Gokul Joyshree and the driving force suffered severe wounds. A case was filed underneath a number of BNS sections.Islam, who was earlier held in a faux gold case, has gone underground after mob freed him. “He shall be in custody quickly,” Deka stated, including that extra arrests are imminent.