Based on an input received from Cyberdome Guwahati, Darrang Police on Thursday managed to apprehend one  Biswajit Deka, aged 33 years, s/o Lt. Shanti Ram Deka of village Dahi Tamulipara, under Mangaldai Police Station from his residence.

Superintendent of Police, Darrang Amrit Bhuyan while informing this to Northeast Now on Thursday evening said, “During his interrogation and after examining his mobile phone, we got to know that he has been involved in giving publicity to ULFA(I) symbols, revolutionary songs weapons etc through Facebook.”

He used to operate a Facebook profile in the name of Biswajit Asom and he had contacts over Facebook Messenger with 8/9 unknown profiles who had also used the title of Axom.

In this regard a case with no 440/2020 u/s 120(b)/121/121 A IPC r/w Sec 10/13 of UA(P) act r/w Sec 66(F)(1)(A) of IT act 2020 has been registered against him in Mangaldai Police Station and further interrogation is going on, Superintendent of Police Bhuyan added.

Mayukh Goswami is Northeast Now Correspondent in Mangaldai. He can be reached at: [email protected]