Jailed Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi gets 2-day parole, visits ailing mother in Jorhat

Jailed AssamMLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi, granted parole for two days by an NIA court, met his ailing mother in Jorhat on Saturday. After being granted parole on Friday afternoon, Gogoi left Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for various ailments. He spent the night at his rented residence […]

Assam: NIA court clears Akhil Gogoi of charges under UAPA in one case

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday acquitted Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi in one of the two cases against him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for allegedly inciting violence during the December 2019 protests in Assam against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. NIA Special Judge Pranjal Das did not frame charges against Gogoi, who […]

Akhil Gogoi first in Assam to win election from jail

Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a decisive 11,875 votes. The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal – arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges – […]

Akhil Gogoi to contest Assam elections from Sivasagar

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sivasagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal. Announcing the list of 18 candidates that the party fielded in the first two phases, Raijor Dal working president Bhasco De Saikia said that Gogoi, who is in judicial custody after arrest during the […]

Citizenship Bill Protest: Latasil police files suo moto case against Dr Hiren Gohain

Assam Police has registered a suo moto case against educationist and intellectual Hiren Gohain along with KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi and journalist and activist Manjit Mahanta, slapping sedition charges against them for reportedly making secessionist remarks. Latasil Police registered a suo moto complaint under sections 120(B), 121, 123 and 124(A) of the IPC against Gohain, […]