Guwahati, March 30 -- Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting an independent inquiry into the operations of the Assam State Co-operative Apex Bank and the controversial arrest of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar.

Gogoi, who is also the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, raised concerns about potential financial irregularities at the bank, where Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma serves as a Director and BJP MLA Biswajit Phukan is the Chairman.

He also expressed alarm over the arrest of Mazumdar, a journalist with The Cross Current, who was detained on March 25 while covering a protest outside the bank.

Journalist Mazumdar was initially detained by Pan Bazar Police after be...