Guwahati, April 26 -- Assam Police on Friday arrested two persons for alleged controversial social media posts on the Pahalgam terror attack.

Golaghat police arrested Dimpal Bora, also known as Dimpla Dadhisi, a former journalist, from Guwahati for a Facebook post. Bora, who had worked in local news channels, allegedly blamed the BJP government for the terror attack.

In a separate case, Darrang police arrested a local Congress leader identified as Bimal Mahato in Orang for an objectionable post on the terror attack. Mahato is the president of the Pansoi Serphang Block Congress Committee.

Earlier, at least eight people, including AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam, were arrested across Assam for online posts on the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu a...