# Four arrested in Assam for Facebook death threat to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma 2026-08-16T08:51:44+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Four people, including a tailor whose Facebook account was allegedly used, have been arrested in Morigaon over a death threat posted against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during his Independence Day address. The comment, purportedly from an account in the name of Abdul Mutaleb, threatened to kill the CM for Rs 1 crore. Mutaleb has denied making the threat and said someone opened a fake account using his name and photo. “The person who actually did this should be investigated and arrested,” he told police. His father Abdul Khaleq, brother Abu Taleb, and another youth, Rashidul Islam, were also taken into custody for questioning. ## Coverage - assamtribune.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Assam, Facebook, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Morigaon Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/four-arrested-in-assam-for-facebook-death-threat-to-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/four-arrested-in-assam-for-facebook-death-threat-to-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/