{"id":146510,"date":"2026-01-19T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=146510"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:05:37","slug":"sonowal-takes-action-fir-filed-against-deceptive-online-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=146510","title":{"rendered":"Sonowal Takes Action: FIR Filed Against Deceptive Online Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U<\/span>nion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal<\/a> has filed an FIR at the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi against a forged letter that has been circulating on social media. This letter falsely claims to be from Sonowal and calls for \u201ccourse correction\u201d ahead of the upcoming Assam assembly elections. The document, allegedly issued on his official letterhead and featuring a fake signature, was addressed to the national president of the BJP and discussed the \u201cground situation\u201d in Assam while urging significant changes before the polls.<\/span><\/h5>\n
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Sonowal Takes Action: FIR Filed Against Deceptive Online Letter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sonowal, a former chief minister of Assam, vehemently denounced the letter, labeling it \u201ccompletely fake and fabricated.\u201d In a message posted on X, he stated, \u201cIt has come to my notice that a forged letter bearing the official letterhead and fake signature of Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal is being circulated by miscreants with malafide intent.\u201d He described the act as a \u201cserious criminal offence involving forgery, impersonation, and misuse of official government identity,\u201d aimed at spreading misinformation and damaging the reputation of a constitutional authority.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FIR, lodged by Sonowal\u2019s assistant private secretary Mukul Chandra Lahkar, claims the fraudulent letter was crafted with \u201cmalafide intent for spreading blatant falsehood towards nefarious political ends\u201d and seeks to create division in a state gearing up for elections. It emphasizes that Sonowal\u2019s reputation has been deliberately targeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Authorities have been instructed to prioritize the investigation and take stringent action against those responsible. The FIR has been assigned to Sub-Inspector Mohit Kumar for further inquiry. Sonowal also urged the public and media not to trust or disseminate such fraudulent material, advocating that information should be verified through official sources only. His office stated that the forged document was intended to mislead voters and tarnish his image at this critical time as Assam approaches the elections. The BJP has condemned the letter as a malicious attempt to create confusion and sabotage its campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has filed an FIR at the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi against a forged letter that has been circulating on social media. This letter falsely claims to be from Sonowal and calls for \u201ccourse correction\u201d ahead of the upcoming Assam assembly elections. The document, allegedly issued on his official […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[52853,52851,52855,52849,52850,52854,52847,52848,52852],"class_list":["post-146510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-international","tag-assam-election-misinformation","tag-bjp-forged-letter-controversy","tag-fake-letter-investigation-new-delhi","tag-fake-political-letter-assam-elections","tag-misinformation-ahead-of-assam-polls","tag-political-forgery-case-india","tag-sarbananda-sonowal-forged-letter","tag-sonowal-fir-parliament-street-police","tag-sonowal-reputation-targeted"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146512,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146510\/revisions\/146512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}