Assam Congress MLA Arrested For Speech That "Hurt Religious Sentiments"
NDTV
The video of the meeting went viral on social media and created an outrage. It led to the filing of a number of police complaints at various places.
A Congress MLA was arrested by the Assam Police today for "malicious" speech allegedly targeting a particular community and "hurting religious sentiments" during a public meeting in the state's Goalpara district last week. He has been sent to one--day police custody.
Aftabuddin Mollah was arrested from the house of another Congress MLA based on a First Information Report (FIR), police said.
The opposition lawmaker had reportedly said that a particular type of crime is committed by one group of people of a specific community. The video of the meeting went viral on social media and created an outrage. It led to the filing of a number of police complaints at various places.