Assam Police on Tuesday arrested AIUDF leader Aminul Islam for his controversial comments on COVID-19 quarantine centres.
Guwahati| An Opposition MLA in Assam was on Tuesday arrested and slapped with various charges, including sedition, for allegedly making controversial remarks about the condition of quarantine facilities and the hospitals treating coronavirus patients in the state, Hindustan Times reported.
Assam Police chief Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said Islam was apprehended early on Tuesday morning after preliminary interrogation in the case. “We have registered a case against him under various sections,” Mahanta said. He added that the state Assembly Speaker has been informed about the arrest.
“During our questioning, the MLA confessed that he had made the audio and even forwarded to some other people. Examination of the audio clip proved that it contains some communal statements, which could trigger communal tension between religions. The clip also raises question marks on Government of India, Constitution and the secular fabrics of the country. So he was arrested subsequently for further action as per the law,” Nagaon Superintendent of Police Gaurav Abhijit Dileep told reporters.
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Islam, who is also general secretary of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF allegedly said that those, who are being taken to the quarantine centres were having no disease at all. He also said that it was targetted at a particular religion. Sources said he was referring to Assam government’s steps to quarantine all who returned from Nizamuddin congregation, Deccan Herald reported.
The MLA also accused the Assam government of conspiring against the Muslims, Northeast Now reported. He also alleged that the hospital staff at the quarantine centres were harassing those who returned after attending the Tablighi Jamaat conference held in Nizamuddin area of Delhi last month. Islam claimed that they were giving injections to healthy people to show that they are sick.
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