“I am a citizen of the nation; I will cooperate with the police, says Assamese filmmaker Himangshu Prasad Das on Thursday after just coming out of the Panbazar Police station in Guwahati. This comes a day after Assam Police registered a suo moto case of sedition against Das for posting an open letter on social media platform Facebook, seeking help ofULFA-I chief Paresh Barua.

The case against Das was registered under various IPC sections including 121 (waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against the government), 121(A) (conspiracy to overawe by means of criminal force or), 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, etc). The police issued a notice to Das, asking him to appear before them on Thursday.