The Assam Police have registered a case against the editor-in-chief of a local private TV news for the alleged derogatory remarks about the Tai Ahom community in Assam on Facebook, which has been denied by him.
The case was lodged against News Live TV channel's editor-in-chief Atanu Bhuyan on the complaint by the All Assam Tai Ahom Students Union Sibsagar district committee general secretary Prasanta Borgohain, an Assam police headquarters release said here today.
Bhuyan's laptop and a CPU were seized and sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory here.
On the other hand, another case was registered by police on the basis of a complaint made by Bhuyan, the release said.
Bhuyan in his complaint denied that he had made objectionable remarks against the Tai Ahom community and claimed and that a fake account was created in his name in Facebook.
He had registered a case with the cyber crime STF, the release said.
A notice has been served on the social internet networking site's security department in USA under CrPC sections through the chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup, for furnishing details pertaining to Bhuyan's alleged account.
The details sought included the date of creation and deactivation of the account and the IP address of the account to ascertain the actual place of creation and the computer from which it was accessed frequently, the release said.
On July 28 a bandh was observed in upper Assam protesting in protest against the alleged derogatory remarks.
Meanwhile, the Electronic Media Forum Assam
(EMFA) has expressed concern that on some occasions television reporters and camera persons of a particular channel were being targeted by protesters against the alleged remarks, it said.
The EMFA also urged the management of the concerned media group to resolve the issue amicably at the earliest for the greater interest of journalism in particular and Assamese society in general.