Assam writer slapped with sedition over post on Chhatisgarh encounter Sarma had on April 5, two days after the brutal killing of the security personnel, allegedly posted on Facebook 'Salaried people cannot be termed martyrs if they die during duty.' Share Via Email | A+A A- A paramilitary soldier, injured in an encounter with Maoist rebels, being taken on a stretcher for treatment at a hospital. (Photo | PTI) By PTI GUWAHATI: Assam writer Sikha Sarma was arrested on the charge of sedition and sent to judicial custody on Wednesday for her alleged comment in the social media on security personnel massacred by Maoists in Chhatisgarh, police said.