Guwahati: Writing on a Whatsapp group criticising Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal landed a middle-aged man from Assam’s Sontitpur district in jail.
A resident of Biswanath Chariali of Assam, named Parimal Gore posted “offensive” comment about Sonowal and the influential student organisation All Assam Students Union (AASU) .
Gore was picked up by the police from his residence around 1pm on Monday 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 chief Minister 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,” Anuj Goswami, office in charge of Biswanath Chariali police station said.
Gore’s apparent mistake was that in the post he shared also on his Facebook timeline at 9.22 pm. The post in Assamese said 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 Sonowal and AASU for playing with the emotion of local people and doing nothing for the welfare of the state. On his facebook account, Gore describes himself as a member of CPI (ML). (UNI)
