India, Oct. 18 -- A 27-year-old man from Assam's Nagaon district has been arrested for allegedly uploading a doctored and inflammatory video on social media related to the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the arrest on X (formerly Twitter), identifying the accused as Md Injamul Hoque, a resident of Telia Bebejia under Juria Police Station in Nagaon. According to Sarma, Hoque had uploaded the video from his Facebook account named SK Ahmad on October 15.

"During interrogation, he admitted to uploading the video himself. He stated that he had obtained the original clip from an OTT platform and added inflammatory remarks through editing before posting it," Sarma said.

According to police, th...