A special NIA court on Friday remanded RTI activist andpeasant leader Akhil Gogoi, arrested under the stringent UAPA following hisparticipation in protests against the amended Citizenship Act last month, to 14days of judicial custody once again.

Gogoi, the chief adviser of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti(KMSS), had been remanded to 14 days of judicial custody on December 26 by theNIA court.

He was arrested in Jorhat on December 12. Later, he was handedover to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which booked him under varioussections of the Indian Penal Code and the stringent Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act.

KMSS General Secretary Dhairjya Konwar and its students'wing Satra Mukti Sangram Samiti president Bittu Sonowal are also in NIA custodyafter the agency took over their cases from the state police.

Various organisations such as the Congress, All AssamStudents' Union (AASU) and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP)have been demanding immediate release of Gogoi.