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At least 19 people were arrested in northeastern states till Saturday for their inflammatory or anti-India comments on the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 civilians dead.

Those arrested include AIUDF legislator Aminul Islam and 13 other persons in Assam, four in Tripura, and one in Meghalaya. The arrested people also include a journalist, students, a lawyer and retired teachers. Most of the arrests were over social media posts.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that three more people were held in Assam, one each in Hajo near Guwahati city, Hailakandi, and Nagaon, bringing the total number of arrests in the state to 14.

Sarma also warned that anyone found directly or indirectly supporting Pakistan would face action under the National Security Act (NSA).

“If required, we will impose provisions of the National Security Act on them. We are examining all social media posts, and action will be taken against those who, we feel, are anti-national… There are no similarities between Bharat and Pakistan. The two countries are enemy nations and we must remain that way," CM Sarma said.

Further, taking to X, he said: “My job is clear- to come down hard on Pro-Pakistani and Pro-Bangladeshi elements in Assam and to take stringent action against them."

The first arrest came on Thursday when Aminul Islam, an MLA from the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) - an opposition party in Assam - was arrested and charged with sedition for his statement that the Pulwama attack in 2019 and Tuesday's Pahalgam attack were "conspiracies by the government". He was sent to police custody for four days on Friday, according to a report by NDTV.

The other arrests in Assam till Friday included Md Jabir Hussain from Hailakandi, Md AK Bahauddin and Md Javed Mazumder from Silchar, Md Mahahar Mia from Morigaon and Md Sahil Ali from Sivasagar. Md Musta Ahmed alias Sahel from Karimganj was arrested on Friday night for posting 'Pakistan Zindabad' on Facebook.

Among them, Hussain is a journalist, Bahauddin is a computer science student at the Assam University in Silchar and Mazumder is a lawyer.

On Saturday, the police arrested 25-year-old Md Jarif Ali and Anil Bania, the district secretary of a student body, Satra Mukti Sangram Parishad, from Biswanath. Sumon Mazumdar alias Bulbul Alom Mazumdar was arrested in Hailakandi, Mashud Azhar in Nagaon and another person was arrested from Hajo near Guwahati - all for making "anti-India comments" online, NDTV reported.

The Cachar district police also arrested two more individuals for posting "content supporting Pakistan" on social media.

In Tripura, there have been four arrests so far, including those of two retired teachers.

Meanwhile, in Meghalaya, a 30-year-old man named Simon Shylla was arrested on Friday from the East Khasi Hills district after he posted an "anti-national comment" on a video telecast by a news channel from Guwahati.

Terrorists opened fire in Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019.

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