Digital Desk: Assam police arrested another leader associated with the
Popular Front of India (PFI) early Friday morning, bringing the total number of
arrests since Thursday to 11.
Dr. Minarul Sheikh was apprehended by the special branch around 12:30 a.m.
in Guwahati. According to a police release, Sheikh is the organization's West
Bengal unit president.
Aminul Hoque, Abdul Razzak, Robiul Hussain, Nazrul Islam Bhuyan, Rafiqul
Islam, Abu Sama Ahmed, Farhad Ali, Khalilur Rahman, Mufti Rahmatullah, and
Bazul Karim were among ten PFI leaders arrested on Thursday.
PFI's northeast
regional secretary is Hoque, the Assam unit president is Abu Sama Ahmed, and
the state unit general secretary is Robiul Hussain. Rafiqul Islam and Mufti
Rahmatullah, district unit presidents of the PFI's Nagaon and Barpeta units,
were also arrested.
The special branch of
the Assam Police has registered a case against all 11 leaders, and they have
been charged under sections 120-B, 124-A, 153-A, and 353 of the Indian Penal
Code for criminal conspiracy, sedition, promoting enmity between different
groups, and assault or criminal force to deter public servants from performing
their duties.
According to an Assam Police statement, these leaders were arrested because there is reliable information that they were attempting to foment communal strife throughout the state.
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