Arresting 15 people for social media posts since the car explosion in Delhi on Monday, police in Assam have begun a crackdown similar to the one they carried out after the terror attack in Pahalgam in April this year.

The 15 people were arrested between Wednesday and Thursday across 10 districts in Assam.

In the crackdown following the Pahalgam attack, the Assam Police had arrested at least 97 people over two months for posts and comments ranging from those that supported Pakistan and others deemed offensive to Hindus to ones suggesting that the attack was a “conspiracy” linked to elections. Several of those arrested had been slapped with section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which pertains to “acts endangering the sovereignty unity and integrity of India”, a charge similar t

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