2 Months On, 19-Year-Old In Assam Jail For Post Supporting Banned Outfit
NDTV
Barshashree Buragohain was arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA on May 18 this year in Uriamghat in Golaghat district for her post titled 'Akou Korim Rashtra Droh' (will again rebel against the nation).
A 19-year-old woman from Assam has been in jail since May for her Facebook post allegedly supporting a banned outfit. Now, amid growing demands for her release and a backlash on social media, the police have said her arrest was "as per law"
Barshashree Buragohain was arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA on May 18 this year in Uriamghat in Golaghat district for her post titled 'Akou Korim Rashtra Droh' (will again rebel against the nation).
"This is not a case of sedition, it's a case of waging war against nation which is non-negotiable for any law enforcement agency and therefore as per mandate of law the case has been registered," Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) GP Singh told NDTV.
This comes after the parents of the second-year student of Mathematics at Jorhat's DCB College urged Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the police to release her from jail so that she could appear for her exams. The examinations are scheduled to be held later this month.
