Archive · 28 Sep 2026
CJP Leader Released After Assam Police Detention
Ashutosh Ranka and more than 40 volunteers were taken by Assam Police before a meeting.
The meeting was planned at Kunki Chowdhury’s home in Guwahati.
Police brought the group to a police battalion headquarters.
Ranka said the detention was illegal.
He said officers did not explain why the group was detained.
NCP (SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande also said the detention was unlawful and that no legal notice was given.
The police did not publicly explain the action in the report.
After being released, Ranka criticized Assam’s chief minister and said his group would continue its campaign.
CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka and more than 40 volunteers were detained by Assam Police in Guwahati.
The group was picked up from AJP leader Kunki Chowdhury’s residence before a scheduled meeting.
Police took them to the 10th Assam Police battalion headquarters in Kahilipara.
Ranka called the detention illegal and said police cited orders from senior authorities without explaining a legal basis.
After his release, Ranka accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of suppressing dissent and said the CJP movement would intensify.
- Who
- CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka, more than 40 CJP volunteers, Assam Police, and NCP (SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande.
- What
- Ranka and the volunteers were detained before a scheduled meeting and later released.
- When
- Sunday, September 27; the report does not specify the year.
- Where
- They were picked up at Kunki Chowdhury’s residence in Chowdhury Tilla, Guwahati, and taken to the 10th Assam Police battalion headquarters in Kahilipara.
- Why
- Ranka said the detention was connected to the group’s planned discussion of schools, indigenous rights in Kaziranga, and constituency boundaries; police did not provide a public explanation in the report.
CJP and Supporters’ Claims
Police and Government Position
Legality of the detention
CJP and Supporters’ Claims
Ranka and Anish Gawande said the detainees were illegally or unconstitutionally detained, received no legal notice, and were not told which sections applied.
Police and Government Position
The report does not include a substantive police explanation or identify the legal basis for the action; authorities were described as tight-lipped.
Reason for police action
CJP and Supporters’ Claims
Ranka alleged that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma used the police because he feared criticism about schools, indigenous rights, floods, and constituency boundaries.
Police and Government Position
No response from Sarma or a stated government rationale appears in the report.
- Detainees
- Ashutosh Ranka and more than 40 CJP volunteers
- Pickup location
- Kunki Chowdhury’s residence at Chowdhury Tilla, Guwahati
- Police location
- 10th Assam Police battalion headquarters, Kahilipara
- Ranka’s allegation
- He called the detention illegal and said police cited orders from the top
- Meeting topics
- Schools, indigenous rights in Kaziranga, and constituency boundaries
- Post-release statement
- Ranka said the CJP movement would intensify across the Northeast