Assam scribe facing sedition charge released on bond
The Hindu
FIR filed against him for an allegedly divisive editorial
Anirban Roy Choudhury, editor and co-owner of a news portal in southern Assam who was slapped with sedition, was released on a personal recognisance (PR) bond on Monday.
The police in Silchar town had charged him with sedition on the basis of a first information report (FIR) filed by Santanu Sutradhar, a local businessman and member of the All Assam Bengali Hindu Association on December 2.
Mr. Choudhury was also charged with other sections of the Indian Penal Code for a November 28 editorial that was allegedly aimed at igniting enmity between the Assamese and Bengali-speaking people of the State.
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