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A former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader of Assam, Anurag Chaliha was arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Indrani Tahbildar, who was a key leader of BJP’s Kisan Morcha wing. Tahbildar was found dead at her Guwahati home on August 11 after taking over 60 sleeping pills. Her private photos with Chaliha were leaked online and became viral, which reportedly drove her to kill herself.

Chaliha was detained on Monday night in Sivasagar district by a team of Guwahati Police, following a complaint by Tahbildar’s family. He has been booked under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 306 (abetting suicide) and 384 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). He will be produced in court on Wednesday.

The Assam BJP unit had expelled Chaliha from the primary membership of the party the day after Tahbildar died. Chaliha was untraceable after the woman leader’s death and was located by the police through his social media and mobile phone activities.

Tahbildar and Anurag both hailed from the Golaghat district and had moved to Guwahati because of their political involvement. Both of them became part of the party’s Kisan Morcha and some BJP workers claimed that Tahbildar at one point had an illicit relationship with Chaliha. 

After a recent altercation between the two, Anurag allegedly intimidated Tahbildar by threatening to post her private photos online. Days after the altercation, her photos appeared on social media, and Chaliha was suspected of leaking them which led to further investigation by the police.

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