Assam: KMSS leader Dharjya Konwar granted bail in NIA case

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Dharjya Konwar has been granted bail by the NIA court on July 17^th, 2020. He was arrested for his role in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act movement in Assam.

He is currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) along with Akhil Gogoi and Bitu Sonowal.

The KMSS expressed hope that the firebrand leader Akhil Gogoi, who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), will get bail in the next hearing on July 21^st, 2020.

The Gauhati High Court, Assam granted bail to the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi in three cases lodged with Chabua police against him on July 16th, 2020. He has been granted bail in case number 293/2019, 296/2019 and 307/2019.

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However, the hearing for the case lodged with the NIA will be held on July 21st, 2020.

Akhil Gogoi is currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) after he was tested positive.

Earlier, KMSS leader Bitu Sonowal and Manash Konwar were granted bail. Manash was lodged in Guwahati Central Jail since his arrest on December 22nd, 2019 (case number 13/19) along with KMSS leaders Akhil Gogoi, Dhairjya Konwar, and Bitu Sonowal. Bitu and Dharjya are also undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the GMCH.

Akhil Gogoi was arrested on 12th Dec 2019, from Jorhat, sent to NIA custody for 10 days in Delhi, and taken back and lodged in Guwahati Central Jail since 26th Dec. KMSS Secretary Dhaijya Konwar and Bittu Sonowal, President of Chatra Mukti Sangram Samiti, a popular democratic student org in Assam, were arrested on 13th Dec and lodged in Guwahati Central Jail. On 7th Jan, both of them were tagged in the same fake UAPA case with Akhil Gogoi and are currently in NIA custody in Kamrup district. Manas Konwar was arrested on 13th Dec, released later and re-arrested from NIA Court, Guwahati, Assam towards the end of January 2020 being slapped with similar charges under UAPA. Earlier, the NIA failed to file a charge sheet within the mandatory 90 days, which warranted Akhil’s release but he was immediately arrested for other cases.

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