Guwahati: The Assam Police on Thursday arrested an Assam MLA in connection with the recent ethnic clashes in the state, reports said.

Pradeep Brahma, a Bodoland People’s Front MLA from Kokrajhar West, was taken into custody for rioting and arson.

Brahma was held after seven cases were registered against him in Fakiragram and Dotama police stations in Kokrajhar district, Inspector General of Police LR Bishnoi said.

BPF, led by its chief Hagrama Mihilary, is in power in the Bodoland Territorial Council that runs the four Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts. The party is also a partner in the state’s Congress-led government.

Also today, indefinite curfew was re-imposed in Kokrajhar – the epicentre of the violence between Bodo tribals and illegal Bangladeshi migrants – following fresh violence in Dhubri district Wednesday night in which one person was injured and two people went missing.