Another PFI leader has been apprehended in Assam, bringing the total number of arrests to 11

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.