Apurba Adhikary, a prominent journalist and son of the Moinbari Sattra in Sorbhog under Barpeta district of Assam, has received a letter from a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) wherein the cadre, identifying himself as Jeherul Islam, has issued threats to Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“On the 5th of January, while coming to his house in his car, he saw a letter lying on his gate. Assuming it was a letter to his father, a known figure and who receives many invitations daily, he kept it aside. However later, he opened the letter, and was shocked by the contents present in it,” Adhikary
Adhikary says that the handwritten letter, written by a JMB cadre, condemned him as an “enemy of Islam.” Furthermore, the letter stated, the JMB cadre also takes potshots at Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Tourism Chairman Jayanta Malla Baruah.
“The letter, written by the JMB cadre, claimed that I, Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Chairman Jayanta Malla Baruah are enemies of Islam, and urged me to steer clear of such blasphemy. Moreover, in the letter, the cadre eventually claims that lower Assam would fall on to Islamic forces. Adhikary says that initially, he had no idea about the significance that the letter had and he was not familiar with the terror outfit JMB, that primarily operates out of Bangladesh. “
However, the local OC advised him to file an FIR. Soon, media persons were intimated about the sensitive matter, and the issue has since blown up.
