Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal asks state police to arrest Garga Chatterjee

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday directed Guwahati Police Commissioner to arrest Bengal resident Garga Chatterjee for posting offensive remarks about Swargadeo Chaolung Sukaphaa and Ahom community on social media.

Sonowal said that Chaolung Sukaphaa was the architect of the greater Assamese identity and making derogatory statements about such a great personality could not be tolerated. Posting offensive remarks on social media, misinterpreting historical facts could lead to rift between different communities in an ethnically diverse state like Assam, he said.

The CM said that the derogatory statements had hurt the sentiments of Assamese people and there was a need to take action against Chatterjee.


Following the direction of the CM, a three-member team led by DCP (Crime) Barun Purkayastha, has been ordered by Guwahati Commissioner of Police to leave for Kolkata tonight.