Akhil Gogoi remanded to judicial custody for 14 days

December 26, 2019 19:20

A special National Investigation Agency court in Guwahati on Thursday remanded peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, who had been arrested by the agency, to judicial custody for 14 days.

The special court also turned down NIA's plea to extend his custody for 10 days.

He was arrested by the NIA from Jorhat on December 12 when large scale protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act was rocking Assam under the stringent Unlawful Actvities (Prevention) Act.

Earlier in the day the NIA searched the residence of Gogoi, who is also an RTI activist, at Nizarapara area in Guwahati and seized several documents and a laptop, officials said.

The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader, whose NIA custody was to end on Friday, was brought from New Delhi and produced before the court in Guwahati.

Gogoi was instrumental in mobilising protests across several districts in upper Assam against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act. -- PTI

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