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Transit remand for Akhil Gogoi

Titabor police on Saturday got remand of Akhil Gogoi to be shifted from Guwahati in connection with three cases pending against the KMSS president.

 The court of Kamrup Chief Judicial magistrate allowed Titabor police to shift Gogoi from the Guwahati Central Jail after the transit remand was sought on Saturday.

But hundreds of KMSS activists are staged dharna in front of the jail to prevent police from shifting their leader to Jorhat.

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