CM Sarbananda Sonowal directs action against Garga Chatterjee

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday directed Guwahati Police Commissioner to arrest and bring Garga Chatterjee of West Bengal to Assam for posting offensive remarks on social media about Swargadeo Chaolung Sukaphaa and Ahom community. The Chief Minister directed the City Police Commissioner to leave for Kolkata on Friday itself for apprehending Garga Chatterjee. A Dibrugarh resident had lodged an FIR against Chatterjee for posting offensive remarks on the latter's twitter account.

Thorough a statement today, the Chief Minister said that Chaolung Sukaphaa was the architect of the greater Assamese identity and making derogatory statements about such a great personality could not be tolerated. Saying that posting of offensive remarks on social media misinterpreting historical facts could lead to rift between different communities in an ethnically diverse state like Assam, Sonowal stated that the derogatory statements had hurt the sentiments of Assamese people and he underlined the need to take legal action against offenders like these for discouraging such behaviors in future.

On the other hand, following the direction of the Chief Minister a three member team led by DCP (Crime) Barun Purkayastha has been ordered by Guwahati Commissioner of Police to leave for Kolkata on Friday night. A case related to this has been registered in the Crime Branch of Assam Police against Garga Chatterjee along with four other such cases for making provocative statements.

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