Police are all set to produce Akhil Gogoi seeking more remand in a string of fresh cases pending against the KMSS president.
Sources told Assam Times that Gogoi along with two others would be produce before the CJM court at 3 in the afternoon. The 24 hour custody in connection with the self immolation cases would expire on Friday evening.
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.
After medical check up, Gogoi along with his associates would be produced before the court on Friday.
Earlier, they others were produced in the court amid tight security in the court premises four days after they were arrested in connection with the recent self immolation cases
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