Pakistan flag in Udalguri?

The news of a Pakistan flag seen flying in a Muslim village in riot-torn Udalguri on Saturday has caused quite a sensation in the state. While Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday denied any such flag having been seen or raised, the state Government has asked the Udalguri SP to submit a report on the matter by Monday night.

“The Government has seen some news items in a section of the media including a video clipping in a TV channel about a Pakistan flag flying in a village in Udalguri amidst the violence. The Chief Minister has already denied it. We have asked for a report from the SP on it by Monday night,” S C Das, Principal Secretary (Home), told The Indian Express.

In Mangaldoi, Mujammil Haque, secretary of the district unit of the

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All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) claimed that the flag in question did have a crescent moon and a star, but it was not a Pakistani flag.

“We fly green flags with a crescent moon and a star on the occasion of Eid. Most of the mosques here have such flags flying for three days during Eid. It is unfortunate that some people have called it a Pakistani flag. We have nothing to do with Pakistan,” Haque said.