The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) agreed to schedule for urgent hearing a petition filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) seeking the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) into instances of alleged communal speeches attributed to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and a recent social media post, since deleted, depicting him discharging a firearm toward an animated image of two visibly Muslim men positioned within the crosshairs of the weapon accompanied by textual phrases like ‘point-blank shot’ and ‘no mercy’.
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