 "Assam Police registers case against 10 for poem criticising NRC; Bengal-origin Muslim poets, activists among accused")
Guwahati: The Assam Police has registered a case against 10 people for allegedly composing a poem criticising the National Register of Citizens.
“A case was registered on 11 July against 10 people on a complaint alleging that their social media posts might create enmity in society,” Deepak Kumar, Commissioner of Police, told ANI.
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Kumar said that no arrests have been made so far. “The investigation in this regard is underway,” he added. The accused include Bengal-origin Muslim poets and activists, who write in a dialect called the ‘Miyah’ dialect.
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