Selenghat/Guwahati: At the end of the 48 -hour parole that was granted to meet his son and ailing mother, first-time Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi returned to judicial custody on Sunday evening. Gogoi drove back to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) straight from his native village at Selenghat in Jorhat district, more than 300 kms from here, amid heavy security cover.
The legislator was out on parole since Friday night, granted by the Special NIA court in Guwahati to meet his son at the state capital and mother at Jorhat. He had spent the first night of the brief freedom at his Guwahati home with son and wife, before leaving for Selenghat the next morning to be with his octogenarian mother.
Talking about his stay at his native home after a gap of nearly two years, Gogoi said, "I spent the night with 'Maa'. There was no electricity for most of the night, so it was a bit difficult." Gogoi, the Raijor Dal president, interacted with the people of the village during the morning hours on Sunday from across the compound wall of his house.
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"I will not be able to meet my wife and son at Guwahati (again, due to time constraint). I do not want to be late and will enter GMCH an hour before (schedule)," he said. Gogoi's appeal to visit his constituency Sibsagar was not allowed in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.