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<p style="text-align:justify">Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma himself repeatedly suggested the flood was no natural disaster. On June 23, Sarma pinned the blame on miscreants who had allegedly damaged an embankment on the Barak River at Bethukandi, 3 km upstream of Silchar.</p>

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How communal rumours hid the truth about the deluge in Assam’s Silchar -Rokibuz Zaman

-Scroll.in Days after the town was submerged, social media accounts started posting about ‘flood jihad’. Last month’s deluge in Silchar, in Assam’s Cachar district, was followed by a dangerous rumour. This was no natural flood, the rumour claimed – it was deliberately caused. Several social media accounts suggested it was “flood jihad”, in a not-so-veiled reference to the Muslim community. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma himself repeatedly suggested the flood was no natural disaster. On June 23, Sarma pinned the blame on miscreants who had allegedly damaged an embankment on the Barak River at Bethukandi, 3 km upstream of Silchar. “We have seen a video where people accepted that they have broken the embankment,” Sarma told journalists as he visited Silchar on June 23. “Very strict action will be taken against those who are behind damaging the embankment.” On his second visit to the town on June 26, Sarma reiterated that the Silchar flood was “man-made” and that the town would not have witnessed such unprecedented flooding had the embankment not been broken deliberately. Bethukandi is a Muslim-dominated area. In the first week of July, four Muslim residents were arrested for their alleged role in the sabotage. As social media posts alleging “flood jihad” went viral, Cachar Superintendent of Police Ramandeep Kaur addressed the media on July 6. Please click here to read more.