[हिंदी] Akhil Gogoi, noted Right-To-Information (RTI) activist and leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, Assam, was arrested along with 100 others when addressing a press conference against corruption demanding Jan Lokpal Bill in Guwahati, Assam. Within hours, about 100,000 people poured out on the roads in support of Akhil Gogoi demanding his release. The Assam state government then released Akhil Gogoi.When people in more than 200 cities of India were awakening up to publicly take a stand against corruption, the same phenomenon was happening in Assam. The difference was that in Assam, the state government came down with a heavy hand arresting peaceful protesters like Akhil Gogoi. Even the state government of Assam wouldn't have expected that hundred thousand citizens will come out demanding Akhil's release within hours from his arrest.
Akhil Gogoi was arrested along with 100 others including 50 women and was taken to Police Station Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam. He was released after few hours when people power made the government pay heed to civil society's voice.
The National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) and National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers of India (NFFPFW) have condemned this incident, according to a statement sent by Roma, representing NAPM and NFFPFW.
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