Guwahati : A person was arrested and sent to jail in Assam for posting ‘offensive’ remarks against Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
Parimal Gore , resident of Biswanath Chariali in Assam, posted `offensive’ comment about the CM and the influential student organisation All Assam Students Union (AASU).
Gore was picked up by the police from house around 1300 hours on May 8 and has been charged with multiple Indian Penal Code sections of 120 (B), 153 (a) (b) 505 (2) for criminal conspiracy and spreading hatred.
“Acting on an FIR filed by AASU members we arrested Gore who posted offensive comments against the CM Sonowal and AASU in a Whatsapp group. Gore was a member of Whatsapp group of journalists in the area. Court has send him to 14 days judicial custody,” said Anuj Goswami, office in charge of Biswanath Chariali police station .
Gore’s apparent mistake was that in the post he also shared his facebook timeline at 2122 hours which in Assamese, said Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal is a ‘selfish man’ and riding on the back of ‘regionalism’ and student body AASU he earned fame as a regional leader.
The post also attacked Mr Sonowal and student body AASU for playing with the emotion of local people and doing nothing for the welfare of the state.
In his facebook account Gore describes himself as a social and a member of CPI (ML). (Agencies)
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