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'Salaried people can't be martyrs,' says writer after Naxal attack

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Sikha Sarma, a 48-year-old Guwahati-based writer was arrested on Tuesday on various charges including sedition over her Facebook post on Indian security forces after 22 personnel got martyred in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh last weekend. In her post, Sarma had allegedly questioned the usage of the term "martyr" for the slain security personnel.