The reward for information leading to the capture of Amar Jyoti Kalita, prime accused in the molestation of a girl in Guwahati, has been raised to Rs. 1 lakh.
DGP of Assam, Jayanta Narayan Choudhury confirmed that the reward amount to the capture of Kalita has
Kalita, who goes by the moniker of ‘Bond’ in his Facebook page, is the man in red T-shirt and cap who is seen among the mob of men molesting and assaulting the school girl in a YouTube video. The video went viral last week, and Kalita has been the focus of a nation wide outrage.
Police have arrested six persons till now for the molestation, even as investigations are on to probe charges by an activist that a television journalist had instigated the crowd to go after the victim.
Meanwhile, the police faulted bar owner Rajesh Jalan for informing the wrong police station the night the incident happened. “Jalan had called up Dispur police station (2km to the south adjoining the secretariat) instead of Bhangagarh police station (1.5km to the north) under which the bar falls.
Nevertheless, we suspended Dispur police ASI Subhan Barua for not picking up the phone. Jalan’s mobile phone record revealed he had called the number four times. He said he had the Dispur PS number saved because his residence is within that police station’s jurisdiction,” a senior police officer investigating the incident said.
—Courtesy:HT