Hailakandi Police arrests girl for objectionable facebook post; gets released on bond

The District Police on Thursday arrested a lady from Lala of Hailakandi for allegedly posting an objectionable comment on Facebook. She was later released on a PR bond.

“The district police arrested Sucharita Nath, a lady working in a gas agency, for posting an inflammatory post on Facebook on Thursday. A case no.167/2020 was registered against her by Lala Police Station. She was interrogated and released on a PR bond and asked to appear again after a week,” read a media statement from Hailakandi administration.

It can be mentioned here that Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonwal, during his Barak Valley visit, instructed the administrations to take stern action against those posting objectionable posts in the social media. “The government will not tolerate any objectionable posts in the social media and stern action will be taken against the offenders,” he warned.

It is worth mentioning that Assam Police has arrested 36 numbers of people till now across the Assam, for spreading fake news/ rumours on Social media regarding COVID-19.