CID to Seek Custody of KMSS Chief Akhil Gogoi: Report

Guwahati, February 15, 2020:

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) Chief Akhil Gogoi is to be presented at the CJM Court in Guwahati, Assam, later today. Apart from Gogoi, fellow KMSS leaders Dhaijya Konwar and Bitu Sonowal will also be presented at the Court. Meanwhile, Inside Northeast sources have informed that the CID is likely to demand custody of the firebrand peasant leader.

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It may be mentioned here that the NIA court on Monday sent back Akhil to 14-day judicial custody till February 25. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 17 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act during anti-CAA protests in Assam.

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Gogoi, meanwhile, has been visited by noted activist Yogendra Yadav who came to Guwahati to meet Gogoi. Yadav also said that there is no evidence to suggest that Akhil has ever done anything ” Now Akhil Gogoi will become an akhil bharat (united India) leader”, Yadav had told Inside Northeast.

Gogoi earlier said that the time for the symbolic protest was over. Now is the time to stage massive protest against the CAA but the movement in Assam is not that strong, Gogoi said. The KMSS supremo also said that if the people won’t protest unitedly then the Assamese community will fall to its doom.

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