Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi arrested in Assam's Jorhat
5 years, 1 month ago

Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi arrested in Assam's Jorhat

India Today  

RTI activist and peasant leader Akhil Gogoi was arrested on Thursday in Assam's Jorhat district as a preventive measure, amid violent protests against the Citizenship Bill across the state, officials said. A senior official of the Jorhat administration told PTI that Gogoi was taken into custody to avoid any "untoward incident" in the district, as well as other parts of the state by his supporters. Gogoi, the adviser of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, had earlier in the day staged a sit-in outside the Jorhat Deputy Commissioner's office. Gogoi was trying to evade arrest and the teams had to search for him for a while before taking him into custody from an advocate's residence, the official said.

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OPINION | SOREN’S ARREST: A NEW TURN TO JHARKHAND POLITICS
11 months, 2 weeks ago

OPINION | SOREN’S ARREST: A NEW TURN TO JHARKHAND POLITICS

India TV News  

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SC protects independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest in NIA case related to anti-CAA stir
1 year, 10 months ago

SC protects independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest in NIA case related to anti-CAA stir

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has granted independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi protection from arrest in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links, and sought a response from the National Investigation Agency on his plea. The lawmaker, who has allegedly been vocal against the Central government during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, moved the top court against …

Akhil Gogoi | Always in opposition
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi | Always in opposition

The Hindu  

Akhil Gogoi has had run-ins with the Assam government since he took the Right to Information route to expose alleged wrongdoings in 2005. In 2004-05, Mr. Gogoi led the Doyang-Tengani Sangram Samiti that concentrated on the Doyang-Tengani area of eastern Assam’s Golaghat district where the locals, some of them alleged encroachers on forest land, were experiencing ecological transitions due to …

Akhil Gogoi to revive anti-CAA movement
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi to revive anti-CAA movement

The Hindu  

Sibsagar MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi has vowed to revive the anti-Citizenship Act movement that lost steam in Assam after a violent start in December 2019. “We will resume the anti-CAA movement and not allow any foreigner to stay in the State,” Mr Gogoi told journalists in Nagaon on Friday, about 125 km east of Guwahati, on the …

Anti-CAA protests: Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi released from jail after being cleared in UAPA case
3 years, 6 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi released from jail after being cleared in UAPA case

Firstpost  

“Truth has finally prevailed, though no efforts were spared to keep me behind the bars,” the Raijor Dal chief told reporters after his release Guwahati: Assam legislator Akhil Gogoi on Thursday walked free after more than a year-and-a-half in captivity as a special NIA court cleared him of all charges under UAPA for his alleged role in the violent anti-CAA …

Akhil Gogoi set free, slams govt for ‘misusing’ NIA, UAPA
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi set free, slams govt for ‘misusing’ NIA, UAPA

The Hindu  

Assam MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi walked out of jail on Thursday after a special court of the National Investigation Agency acquitted him of all charges in the second of the two cases related to the anti-Citizenship Act violence in the State in December 2019. Visits anti-CAA firing victim’s house Soon after his release, Mr. Gogoi visited the …

Activist-politician Akhil Gogoi granted two-day parole to visit family
3 years, 6 months ago

Activist-politician Akhil Gogoi granted two-day parole to visit family

The Hindu  

Sibsagar MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi was on June 25 allowed to go home after almost 550 days in captivity, but for two days. A special court of the National Investigation Agency granted him 48-hour parole after he wished to visit his wife and teenaged son in Guwahati and mother in Jorhat, about 310 km east. “We had …

Akhil Gogoi cleared of UAPA charge
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi cleared of UAPA charge

The Hindu  

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Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi wins Assam polls from Sibsagar constituency
3 years, 8 months ago

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi wins Assam polls from Sibsagar constituency

India Today  

Farm activist and president of newly formed political party Raijor Dal, Akhil Gogoi -- currently lodged in jail for his alleged role in violence during the anti-CAA movement in Assam, has won the state assembly election from the Sibsagar constituency. Akhil Gogoi is the president of Raijor Dal was formed in October last year backed by farmer organisation Krishak Mukti …

Akhil Gogoi wins Sibsagar from jail
3 years, 8 months ago

Akhil Gogoi wins Sibsagar from jail

The Hindu  

Activist Akhil Gogoi, in jail since December 2019 on charges of sedition and inciting violence during the anti-Citizenship Act movement, has won from Sibsagar, once a communist bastion that the Congress took over in 2001. Consolidation of the leftist votes, localised anti-CAA sentiments and an emotional campaign by his mother Priyoda Gogoi are believed to have worked for Mr. Gogoi. …

HC upholds Akhil Gogoi's bail order, says civil disturbance not under UAPA
3 years, 9 months ago

HC upholds Akhil Gogoi's bail order, says civil disturbance not under UAPA

India TV News  

The Gauhati High Court has upheld the bail order of peasant activist Akhil Gogoi by a Special NIA Court in relation to his alleged role in violent protests against the Citizenship Act in Assam in 2019. Dismissing an appeal by the National Investigation Agency, a High Court bench comprising Justices Suman Shyam and Mir Alfaz Ali said any act aimed …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Akhil Gogoi branded Maoist deliberately, says Medha Patkar
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Akhil Gogoi branded Maoist deliberately, says Medha Patkar

The Hindu  

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Thursday said people who orchestrate mob lynching have been labelling Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi as a terrorist of the Maoist kind to keep him behind bars. This was because the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government in Assam was scared of him, she told journalists in Guwahati after campaigning for the jailed Raijor …

Akhil Gogoi gets bail in three cases related to anti-CAA protests in Assam, NIA court to decide on two more
4 years, 5 months ago

Akhil Gogoi gets bail in three cases related to anti-CAA protests in Assam, NIA court to decide on two more

Firstpost  

NIA is investigating two cases, which were initially registered at Chandmari and Chabua police stations, related to Gogoi’s alleged role in the violent protests Guwahati: Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi was on Thursday granted bail by the Gauhati High Court in three cases lodged by the Assam Police in connection with the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in December, 2019. Hearing the …

Anti- CAA Protests: Gauhati HC Grants Bail To Akhil Gogoi In Three Cases
4 years, 5 months ago

Anti- CAA Protests: Gauhati HC Grants Bail To Akhil Gogoi In Three Cases

Live Law  

Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi was on Thursday granted bail by the Gauhati High Court in three cases lodged by the Assam Police in connection with the violent anti-Citizenship Act protests in December last year.However, he will remain in jail for the cases being probed by the National Investigation Agency.Hearing the bail applications in the three cases registered at Chabua. Peasant …

NIA Court Sends Assam Leader Akhil Gogoi to Custody Till 13 May
4 years, 8 months ago

NIA Court Sends Assam Leader Akhil Gogoi to Custody Till 13 May

The Quint  

A case was filed at the the Chandmari Police station in the Gawahati against Gogoi in December. The Gauhati HC had issued an interim stay order on the default bail that Gogoi had received in the NIA's case in which he was accused of having Maoist links. Another case against Gogoi, also for inciting violence, had been filed at the …

Assam anti-CAA protests: NIA court extends KMSS chief Akhil Gogoi's judicial custody by 14 days
4 years, 11 months ago

Assam anti-CAA protests: NIA court extends KMSS chief Akhil Gogoi's judicial custody by 14 days

Firstpost  

Guwahati: A special NIA court on Friday again remanded Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti chief Akhil Gogoi, who has been arrested and booked under stringent UAPA for his alleged role in anti-CAA protests in Assam, to 14-day judicial custody, his lawyer said. Image courtesy Ibnlive Gogoi was produced before the court amid tight security at the end of his previous 14-day …

RTI activist Akhil Gogoi remanded to judicial custody for 14 days
5 years ago

RTI activist Akhil Gogoi remanded to judicial custody for 14 days

India TV News  

A special NIA court on Thursday remanded peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, who had been arrested by the agency, to judicial custody for 14 days. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency from Jorhat on December 12 when large scale protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act was rocking Assam under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act. Earlier in the day the …

NIA raids 'activist' Akhil Gogoi's residence in Guwahati
5 years ago

NIA raids 'activist' Akhil Gogoi's residence in Guwahati

Op India  

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Special NIA court sends Akhil Gogoi to 10-day custody amid anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests
5 years ago

Special NIA court sends Akhil Gogoi to 10-day custody amid anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests

India Today  

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Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised
5 years, 1 month ago

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Op India  

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Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests rage through Assam, two killed in police firing
5 years, 1 month ago

Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests rage through Assam, two killed in police firing

The Hindu  

Violent protests against the Citizenship Bill, 2019, continued across several districts in the Brahmaputra Valley on Thursday with an indefinite curfew imposed in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Tezpur. Five persons, including a police officer, sustained bullet wounds when a mob attacked the house of Adivasi BJP leader and Union Minister Rameshwar Teli in Duliajan late on Wednesday. Meanwhile, panic buying of …

Citizenship Amendment Bill becomes Act after Presidential nod even as violence rips through Assam
5 years, 1 month ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill becomes Act after Presidential nod even as violence rips through Assam

India Today  

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Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning
5 years, 1 month ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning

India Today  

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Citizenship Bill Protests: Gauhati HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Dr. Hiren Gohain And Akhil Gogoi In 'Sedition' Case
5 years, 11 months ago

Citizenship Bill Protests: Gauhati HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Dr. Hiren Gohain And Akhil Gogoi In 'Sedition' Case

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Assamese litterateur Hiren Gohain and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi, against whom the police had registered a sedition case. On the basis of comments made by the Dr. Hiren Gohain, Senior journalist Manjit Mahanta and Akhil Gogoi during their speech in a meeting on January 7 to protest against the Citizenship Amendment …

Hiren Gohain charged with sedition: By fighting for secular basis of citizenship and dignity of Assam, we're fighting India, says literary critic
6 years ago

Hiren Gohain charged with sedition: By fighting for secular basis of citizenship and dignity of Assam, we're fighting India, says literary critic

Firstpost  

Assam Police has filed a case against three intellectuals of the state on charges of sedition after they raised the issue of separate statehood. Assam Police has filed a case against three intellectuals of the state on charges of sedition after they raised the issue of separate statehood for Assam if the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 was passed by the …

Gauhati HC Grants Bail To Gohain, Gogoi, Mahanta In Sedition Case
6 years ago

Gauhati HC Grants Bail To Gohain, Gogoi, Mahanta In Sedition Case

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Assamese litterateur Hiren Gohain and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi, and absolute bail to senior journalist Manjit Mahanta in the sedition case filed by the Assam Police over their alleged remarks against the citizenship bill. Justice H K Sarma granted interim bail to Gohain and Gogoi against a surety Rs 5,000 …

Protests against Citizenship Bill rock Assam, CM asks the public to keep calm
6 years ago

Protests against Citizenship Bill rock Assam, CM asks the public to keep calm

India TV News  

Protests over the Citizenship Bill erupted at various places in Assam on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government was working to ensure the proposed legislation gets Parliament nod. The agitators burnt effigies of Modi in Lower Assam and Dibrugarh, even as Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal assured the people that he would protect the interests of …

Thousands protest against proposed Citizenship Bill in Assam; agitators flay BJP-led Centre, state govts
6 years, 1 month ago

Thousands protest against proposed Citizenship Bill in Assam; agitators flay BJP-led Centre, state govts

Firstpost  

Thousands of people attempted to march towards the Assam Secretariat here Friday against the proposed Citizenship Bill, 2016, but were halted by the security forces. Guwahati: Thousands of people attempted to march towards the Assam secretariat here on Friday against the proposed Citizenship Bill, 2016, but were halted by the security forces. The demonstrators held a massive rally on the …

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