Pranab Doley, activist jailed for protesting against hotel in Assam, now faces NSA

4 min readGuwahatiJul 31, 2026 07:42 PM IST In a July 29 order granting bail to Pranab Doley, an Additional Sessions Judge in Golaghat observed that there is prima facie absence of video footage demonstrating allegations. (screengrab)A day after a local court granted bail to land rights activist Pranab Doley, who was arrested on July 12 in connection with protests against a proposed luxury hotel project in Kaziranga, the Assam government invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against him, stating that his activities “are prejudicial to the maintenance of public order as well as security of the state”. Doley is a prominent indigenous and land rights activist who had been arrested on July 12 by the Golaghat police in connection with a June 28 protest by activists and locals against a propos