guwahati krishak mukti sangram samiti kmss president akhil gogoi and three other members of the organization were arrested on monday while they were on a hunger strike in front of the sessions court here police said they were arrested for not taking take prior permission from the district administration and violating section 144 crpc which was enforced in the city soon after akhil was arrested he was rushed to sonapur police station about 30 km from here to prevent kmss activists from staging protests within the city however many kmss activists surrounded the police station seeking the release of akhil and the other kmss members akhil and others sat on the huger strike demanding arrest of those who are illegally using agricultural lands for nonagricultural activities in kamrup district there are more than 30 cases against those involved in illegally using agricultural lands for nonagricultural activities though the government had earlier promised to arrest the accused majority of them who were named in police cases are yet to be booked alleged kmss leader mukut deka deka however said akhil and the other kmss members are expected to be released later in the evening but the arrests will not deter us from staging protests against those involved in land scam deka said adding that mondays protest was in continuation of the hunger strike launched by akhil on october 17 in front of kamrup rural deputy commissioners office and on october 20 in front of the office of sp kamrup rural kmss said the next phase of hunger strike will be launched in front of assam dgps office and chief minister tarun gogois residence kmss has accused real estate developers and land mafia of procuring agricultural land from farmers at a low price and using the plots for nonagricultural purposes violating the assam land revenue regulation 1886 amended