Biswanath (Assam) [India], April 3 (ANI): The police arrested a man for allegedly molesting a 7-year-old minor girl in Assam's Biswanath district on Sunday.

Guwahati Dec 23 PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed in the Assembly that activist Pranab Doley who was marked a doubtful citizen in the police verification report during the renewal of his passport did not respond to five notices sent by the police for checking his credentials The issue has evoked widespread reaction mainly because of his community stature His surname Doley clearly indicates his tribe - the indigenous Mising community He was a contestant in the state poll earlier this year CPIM lawmaker Manoranjan Talukdar raised the matter in Assam Assembly and said that it is unfortunate that Doleys citizenship should be questioned I demand that immediate action be taken against the police officers who did this While we are debating here about the rights of the indigenous people Pranab Doleys citizenship was questioned by the police he added Replying to this Sarma who also holds the Home portfolio said that police did not mark doubtful status for Doley in their report to the passport authorities Doley was served five notices to appear in the police station for the verification but he did not come So we wrote to the authorities concerned that he could not be verified he added The chief minister informed the House that he has already instructed the Golaghat district superintendent of police to call Doley again and complete the necessary verification if he really needs the passport According to the letter sent by the passport office to Doley his nationality is doubtful as per a police verification report The activist said he had applied for renewal of his passport on April 7 Doley who had contested on Anchalik Gana Morcha AGM ticket against the state Agriculture Minister Atul Bora in Bokakhat constituency in the state poll was on Monday served a notice by the Regional Passport Office Doley who is a senior leader of Jeepal Krishak Sramik Sangha a prominent peasant organisation in Golaghat said that he has been asked to give proof of his citizenship in person at the Regional Passport Office in Guwahati He also claimed that his name had appeared in the National Register of Citizens published on August 31 2019 Doley said it was a tactic to silence him as he often spoke out against the BJP-led government AGM is part of the Congress-led grand Alliance in the state PTI TR KK KK KK