Guwahati, July 1 -- A day after a plastic water bottle was thrown at the convoy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during his visit to Golaghat, police on Tuesday detained six individuals in connection with the incident.

The episode has escalated into a political confrontation between the ruling BJP and the Congress.Among those detained are several Congress workers, including Pallab Chetia, secretary of the Golaghat District Congress Committee, and Rahul Phukan, son of a former Block Congress secretary. Golaghat MLA Biswajit Phukan identified the two as close associates of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi.

"Throwing a two-litre bottle at the Chief Minister reflects the Congress party's disruptive m...