India, June 4 -- Around 1,000 social media accounts suspected to have links with Pakistan and Bangladesh are under investigation by the state police, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.

"I have asked the special branch (of Assam Police) to look at over 2,000 accounts on Facebook who are commenting on social media platforms on Assam election. Half of those accounts are from Bangladesh and Pakistan," Sarma said, after attending a cabinet meeting.

The CM said that these accounts on platforms like Facebook were allegedly opened by members of a particular community on a single day keeping the next year's assembly elections in the state in mind.

"The number will increase as the election nears as Inter Services Intelli...