GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday directed Guwahati Police Commissioner to arrest Bengal resident
Garga Chatterjee for posting
offensive remarks about Swargadeo Chaolung Sukaphaa and
Ahom community on social media.
Sonowal 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. Posting offensive remarks on social media, misinterpreting historical facts could lead to rift between different communities in an ethnically diverse state like Assam, he said.
The CM said that the derogatory statements had hurt the sentiments of Assamese people and there was a need to take action against Chatterjee.
Following the direction of the CM, a three-member team led by DCP (Crime)
Barun Purkayastha, has been ordered by Guwahati Commissioner of Police to leave for Kolkata tonight.