GUWAHATI: Professor Arupjyoti Saikia from Indian Insititue of Technology, Guwahati has been summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his involvement in the violent anti-CAA protests in Guwahati.
Arupjyoti Saikia is a professor of History in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT-G, North Guwahati.
Assam Finance Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma had indicated in his earlier press conference that a person working in a central government organisation was directly involved in the violent anti-CAA protests in Guwahati, especially in the Dispur area. Without naming anybody Dr. Sarma had stated that there was electronic evidence that a leading academician from Assam was trying to orchestrate the burning of Assam Secretariat at Dispur capital complex.
