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Assam writer arrested for Facebook post on Bijapur Naxal attack
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Published on April 7, 2021 - Duration: 01:02s
Assam writer arrested for Facebook post on Bijapur Naxal attack
Guwahati police arrested an Assamese writer on April 6 over a Facebook post on the security forces after 22 personnel were killed in a deadly Naxal attack in Chattisgarh.
The 48-year old Assamese writer Sikha Sarma received backlash after her post on Facebook questioning the terminology "martyr" used with regards to the slain soldiers.
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State in northeastern India
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