Guwahati, June 15 -- Police in western Assam's Goalpara district have arrested five individuals for allegedly throwing beef near a Kali temple in Lakhipur on Saturday.

Authorities are investigating the post-Eid-ul-Zuha incident as a deliberate attempt to incite communal tension.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday, confirmed the arrests on X, stating, "Lakhipur police of Goalpara district arrested the individuals for allegedly throwing beef near a temple in a deliberate attempt to incite communal tension post Eid-ul-Zuha."

He also shared the names of the accused, all of whom are Muslims from the Khakilamari area of Lakhipur, approximately 175 km west of Guwahati.

Authorities identified the arrested individuals as Bodir ...