The arrests of the five individuals came hours after the Chief Minister had directed Director General of Police (DGP) Harmeet Singh to closely monitor social media activities and take action against individuals supporting the Delhi blast.

“We noticed that some people either welcomed the incident or put up happy emojis on Facebook. We are doing their background checks. I have instructed the DGP to check who these people are and to arrest them if they are from Assam,” Sarma had stated on Tuesday.

“If people celebrate an act of terror where lives have been lost, it means they support terrorism, directly or indirectly,” he had said.

Stating that the state government has to be harsh, the Chief Minister added that the police would arrest individuals, if required, so that terrorism cannot rear its head in Assam and some people do not get encouraged.

Sarma also stated that the people of the country must unite to 'prevent the resurgence of terrorism.' He said the recovery of a huge quantity of explosives indicated that there was a larger design.