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Guwahati, Oct 20 (PTI) Two persons have been arrested for allegedly smearing a state government hoarding written in Assamese with black ink in Silchar town in the Barak valley an area predominated by Bengali speakers, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
Cachar Superintendent of Police Ramandeep Kaur said two persons identified as Raju Deb and Samar Das were summoned to the police station for interrogation in connection with their involvement in allegedly defacing the hoarding of Jal Jeevan Mission on Sunday demanding the use of Bengali language in place of Assamese.
The duo were arrested on Tuesday evening and charged with damaging government property, the SP said.
Further investigations are on, she added.
Raju Deb is the Cachar District president of All Bengali Students Youth Organisation (ABSYO) and Samar Das is an active member of ABSYO.
Visuals showed some people climbing a ladder and defacing the hoarding which was in Assamese language in front of Silchar Railway station.