Lintu Kishore Sarma (left)

Assam police on Sunday arrested one youth from Assam’s Nalbari district.

The youth allegedly threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi and state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Facebook.

The youth has been identified as Lintu Kishore Sarmah is a resident of Nalbari’s Borbhag area.

Sarmah, in a Facebook update, predicted Himanta Biswa Sarma’s death during an election meeting in 2021.

In his post, Sarma wrote, “On that day, a huge public rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be held in Assam’s Guwahati.”

“The target of the terrorist will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but Himanta Biswa Sarma will die,” the post added.

“Himanta’s life is now in my hand. If to save the life of Himanta Biswa Sarma then he should give me a job at the office of Nalbari Deputy Commissioner immediately,” Sarmah further wrote in his Facebook post.

The said post was shared last week on Sunday (September 15).

The post was highlighted by one Samej Uddin who lodged an FIR at Nalbari police station against Lintu Kishore Sarmah.