GUWAHATI: Six people, including the editor-in-chief and news editor of a Guwahati-based portal, were arrested on Wednesday for alleged “salacious” intent while releasing a picture of Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hugging his minor daughter, reports Rokibuz Zaman.
Digital news channel Pratibimba Live, which has since gone blank with the message “This website has been suspended due to non-payment”, apologised for not mentioning that the girl in the picture was Sarma’s daughter and blamed “others” for sharing it with the intent to defame him.
Police swung into action after Sarma’s wife filed an FIR on Tuesday. They said four people from the organisation were arrested and have been remanded in police custody for five days. Besides editor-in-chief Taufiquddin Ahmad, news editor Asif Iqbal Hussain and staff members Nazmul Hussain and Nazrul Hussain, police picked up two others identified as Puli Muchchary of Bodoland Digital and Nang Noyonmoni Gogoi of Spotlight Assam.