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KMSS observes black day

By Raju Baruah |

Tezpur joins KMSS black day on Friday in protest against the arrest of Akhil Gogoi along with 5 other of his associates.

KMSS activists in the Sonitpur district headquarters observed the black day long with other parts of the state demanding immediate release of the president of the organizations.   

The Kamrup additional chief judicial magistrate extended the police remand by a day after the KMSS president along with three of his associates were produced before the court on Thursday adfternoon.

Police sought Gogoi and his associates in their remand for five more days for investigation and interrogation in a number of serious cases. But the court allowed the police to take Gogoi in their remand for only a day.

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