Assam bandh
KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi while addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday said that the KMSS was calling an Assam bandh for the first time.

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) chief Akhil Gogoi was on Sunday sent to two-day judicial custody.

Peasants’ leader Gogoi, who was re-arrested by Dudhnoi police immediately after his release from Dibrugarh jail, was produced in Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)’s court at Goalpara on Sunday.

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The police had requested 14-day remand but it was turned down by the court and sent to two-day judicial custody, sources said. He will be produced in the court on Wednesday again.

Gogoi was brought to Dudhnoi police station on Saturday from Dibrugarh after arresting him in a case registered at Dudhnoi police station relating to the defacement of a college at Dudhnoi town.

The peasant leader was lodged in Dibrugarh jail since his arrest on charges of sedition on September 18.

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Akhi was arrested by Dudhnoi police a day after he got bail in the Moran case and two days after Gauhati High Court quashed his detention under the National Security Act (NSA).

A case (No. 112/17) had been registered against Akhil at Dudhnoi PS under Sections 143/447/427 of the IPC.

He has been charged with criminal conspiracy under Section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, said a police official.

Meanwhile, KMSS supporters staged massive protest against the Government for arresting Gogoi in an old case.

A senior lawyer said Gogoi likely to get bail in the Case registered at Dudhnoi police station.