Students’ organisations in Assam have slammed the arrest of anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) activist and Gauhati University student Dipjyoti Gogoi for posting on social media a fake flood-related fund raising appeal in the name of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. But anti-CAA groups claimed he was caught for allegedly reciting an anti-government poem on social media. The poem had references to peasant leader and anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi. It added that he had been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act. Gauhati University organisations and Students’ Federation of India slammed Mr. Gogoi’s arrest and said the BJP-led State government was indulging in witch-hunting against all those who have taken part in the anti-CAA movement on one pretext or the other.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2020 18:14 UTC