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Gauhati High Court grants bail to Barshashree Buragohain

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday granted bail to college student Barshashree Buragohain

Sentinel Digital Desk

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court on Thursday granted bail to college student Barshashree Buragohain, who was arrested on May 18 last for a controversial post on social media.

Police had charged Buragohain with covertly supporting the banned United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) on social media platform. Barshashree was arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for her Facebook post.

Earlier a court in Golaghat had granted permission to Buragohain to appear in her degree examination from jail. The examination started on July 16. She sat for the examination at a college in Jorhat under tight security arrangements.

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