Assam: A village in Mariani holds prayer service for Akhil Gogoi's release and health

Akhil Gogoi completes 204 days of custody following his arrest after the CAA agitation in Assam.

In lieu of Akhil Gogoi's health and well-being, a village in Mariani Chelanghaat Lukhuragaon has organised a Naam-Kirtan and public prayer for his release. The prayer was not limited to Akhil Gogoi but for all the other protesters who are stuck at the jail along with him.

Akhil Gogoi's mother Priyada Gogoi alleges that his arrest has been a political conspiracy to keep him under the jail.

200 days of the arrest of the mass leader of KMSS-Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, Akhil Gogoi on draconian charges, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) demands his immediate release and withdrawal of all ill-conceived charges foisted against him. In a statement, they state, we also demand the release of young leaders Bittu Sonowal, Dhaijya Konwar and Manas Konwar associated with KMSS and its sister organizations. We salute the spirit of these young people of Assam who are fearlessly fighting a communal and fascist regime, and its divisive laws, in the face of intense repression.

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Earlier, 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 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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