The Indian police have arrested dozens of people for allegedly “sympathize” with Pakistan, a month after the worst conflict between arch
The arrests took place in the state of the northeast of Assam, where the main minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said: “81 antinationals are now behind bars to sympathize with Pak.”
Sarma, of the Hindu nationalist ruling party of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said in a statement: “Our systems are constantly tracking anti -informed publications on social networks and taking actions.”
One of the people was arrested after publishing a Pakistani flag on his Instagram, said Assam’s police. AFP. There were no more details about other arrests.
There has been a broader repression on social networks since a April 22 attack against tourists in Kashmiro occupied by India, the most deadly in civilians in the territory in dispute in decades.
Nueva Delhi blamed Islamabad for supporting the terrorists who, they said, carried out the attack, positions that Pakistan denied. India and Pakistan fought a four -day conflict, their worst confrontation since 1999, before a high US negotiation fire on May 10 was agreed.
The Indian anti -terrorism agency arrested a paramilitary police officer last month for allegedly spying for Pakistan, while the authorities have arrested at least another 10 people for espionage charges in May, according to local media.
A week before arresting the police officer, the Indian police arrested 10 people in Haryana, Punjab and Delhi, including a Vlogger of Travel and a university professor, for their alleged connections with Pakistan or comments related to the recent climbing.
Sarma is also promoting efforts to stop the controversial issue of illegal immigration.
Assam shares a long and porous border with neighboring Muslim majority bangladesh. Indian Media reported that the Assam government has allegedly gathered dozens of alleged Bangladesi in the last month and took them to the border to cross.
He Times of India The newspaper reported on Saturday that Assam was “throwing them in anyone’s land”, which suggests that at least 49 had been retreated between May 27 and 29 alone.
The Assam government has not commented on the reports.
Bangladesh, largely surrounded by Earth by India, has seen relations with the new icy delhi, after the Dhaka government was demolished in a lifting last year.
Bangladesh has also approached China, as well as Pakistan.
