The authorities in India state of Assam arrested another person for setting a private Muslim museum in Goalpara district. Asom Miyan (Asomiya) Parishad leader Tanu Dhadumia was arrested taking the number of the people arrested so far for setting up Miya Museum to three, the police said. Mohar Ali and Abdul Baten of the Asom Miyan (Asomiya) Parishad were arrested earlier. All the three detained persons are investigated whether they had any terror links. The term “Miya” is used mostly by the indigenous communities to refer to Bengali or Bengal-origin Muslims who have settled on both sides of the Brahmaputra river in Assam since the late 1890s after the British brought them for commercial farming and other work. In the “Miya Museum”, set up by the Asom Miyan (Asomiya) Parishad, traditional farming and domestic items made from wood and bamboo among others were displayed.

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