Guwahati, June 4 -- Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday intensified his calls for a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry into alleged "institutionalized illegality" and illegal mining in Karbi Anglong.

MP Gogoi's demand follows a recent directive from the Supreme Court's Central Empowered Committee (CEC).

Gogoi noted that such a high-level probe is the only way to expose the full scale of these unchecked activities.

The CEC instructed the Assam Director General of Police (DGP) and Chief Secretary to ensure strict compliance with the existing 2019 ban on illegal mining and related operations near the ecologically sensitive Kaziranga National Park (KNP).

This order comes nearly five mo...