The health condition of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, who wasarrested in December during the mass movement against the Citizenship(Amendment) Act, is stable.

"Gogoi is improving steadily. But he still remains very weak",KMSS joint secretary Mukut Deka said.

Akhil is currently lodged in Guwahati Central Jail.Recently, he complained of severe back pain and fever. The KMSS moved the NIASpecial Court a few days back with a petition seeking medical treatment forGogoi.

Acting on the petition, the court asked the jail authorityto arrange necessary medical treatment for him and to provide copies of allmedical reports to his family.

Akhil has been long suffering from severe back pain and kidney-related issues and was under constant medical observation at the time of his arrest on December 12, 2019.