Guwahati, Feb 14: In a bizarre turn of events, a man from Dhekiajuli, Assam was summoned by Kokrajhar court for reacting ‘Haha’ on a Facebook comment.

The man has been identified as Amit Chakraborty, resident of Dhekiaji, who had to appear before the Kokrajhar district court on Friday after being accused in a case filed by an IAS officer, the former Deputy Commissioner of Kokrajhar Varnali Deka.

Reportedly, the IAS officer received a comment from a Facebook user named Naresh Barua, who wrote, “No makeup today, ma’am?”

In response to this comment, Amit Chakraborty simply reacted with a laughing emoji.

However, this act led to a legal case being filed against him. Following the complaint, the case was registered at Kokrajhar police station.

Speaking to reporters, Amit Chakraborty said, “We have just reacted in the Facebook post as ‘Haha’ and for laughing today I have to take bail. I don’t know that that the Varnali Deka is a IAS officer or DC. It was a 2023 case but on January 23, 2025, Officer-in charge of Kokrajhar police call me and told me to come to Kokrajhar police station. When I asked him why I will come to police station without any reason, he told me that a case was filed against you at Kokrajhar police station,”.

“When I asked about the case, he didn’t tell me anything. After that one of my friend who is a lawyer at Kokrajhar helped me to know about the case. didn’t even know who the Deputy Commissioner was. I can’t understand how an IAS officer found the time to take such extreme action over something so trivial,” Chakraborty said.

“For just reaction of laughing in Facebook I have suffered harrasment. I have just reacted on a post of some Naresh Baruah, but I don’t remember anything about the case,” Chakraborty said.

However, while Chakraborty was finally granted bail, the incident raises important questions about freedom of speech and expression on facebook.

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