In a post on X, Sarma said one person each was arrested from Kokrajhar, Goalpara and South Salmara-Mankachar districts.
“71 Anti-Nationals are now behind bars! @assampolice is strictly monitoring the digital space,” he added.
Earlier, opposition AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly “defending” Pakistan and its complicity in the Pahalgam terror attack.
After getting bail in the case, Islam was detained under the National Security Act (NSA).
Sarma had, on May 2, threatened to take stringent action against those who raised the ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan in the aftermath of the Jammu and Kashmir terror attack last month. PTI TR TR BDC