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Akhil Gogoi absconding!

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 Three days after he accused Dispur police of raping and murdering a Meghalaya women, Akhil Gogoi is believed to have been absconding.

The KMSS leader was available till Tuesday morning in Guwahati. But he has been remaining incommunicado for the last several hours.

According to sources, armed with a non bailable warrant, Basistha and Dispur police have been seeking the KMSS leader. 

According to sources, Gogoi is hiding minutes after Dispur police registered a case against him for alleging that a section of policemen raped and killed a Meghalaya woman.

Police detained her following a complaint from a private nursing home to be found hanging inside the toilet.

 

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