Guwahati: The Assam Assembly on Monday witnessed uproarious scenes over the rape and murder of a Class V student at Batadrava in Nagaon district.

Congress MLAs moved an adjournment motion to discuss the safety and security of women in the light of the incident. This was followed by heated exchanges between the Treasury and Opposition benches.

The BJP members alleged that most of such crimes are committed by people from a particular community and that the prime accused of the rape and murder was a Congress worker.

Police arrested the prime accused of the March 23 incident, Jakir Hussain, from Itapara in Nagaon on Sunday. Police have also arrested two juveniles for their alleged involvement in the crime.

Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma requested parliamentary affairs minister Chandra Mohan Patowary to tell the House the names of the accused. Patowary announced the name of the adult accused of not only this incident but also of four other recent rape cases, all of whom belonged to the minority community. Aminul Islam of AIUDF objected and accused Patowary of being selective by not taking the names of some other recent rape cases where the accused were from other communities.