Arunachal Anti-Drug Activist Held in Assam as Custody Abuse Complaint Reaches NHRC

Overview

• Authorities from Lakhimpur in Assam arrested Gumin Mize after moving him from Itanagar and booked him under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act in a case tied to a violent incident in Sessa-Rajgarh.
• Police say the arrest connects to an FIR alleging an attack and gunfire at a residence and to an earlier NDPS case in which officers recovered a banned substance and charged Mize in February.
• Photographs and videos circulated online showing injuries on Mize prompted a formal custodial torture complaint filed with the National Human Rights Commission, which assigned diary No. 11731/IN/2026.
• Bihpuria police have denied torture claims and told reporters the viral images were AI-generated, while Arunachal Pradesh leaders and activists have demanded assurances that Mize will not be mistreated in custody.
• The episode has raised tensions across the state border, spotlighted entrenched drug-trafficking routes and risks prompting independent probes and closer cooperation or political friction between Assam and Arunachal authorities.