Guwahati: India is outraged over the shocking molestation of a girl by a group of jeering men in full public in a busy public area.
The incident, which occurred on July 10, came to light after the video of the incident went viral on the Internet.
As per reports, the girl along with a friend had gone to bar located on the Guwahati-Shillong road on July 10. However, she entered into a brawl with her friend, following which a group of men took advantage of the situation and molested her.
Director General of Police Assam said 11 of the 12 accused have been identified; three of them have already been arrested. The arrested included a contractual employee of Assam Electronic Development Corporation Ltd, Amarjyoti Kalita.
Kalita, who had also acted in a Assamese serial where he had enacted the role of a policeman, has since been dismissed from service. Two other arrested Dhananjoy Basfor and Bubul Das
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said the incident should not have allowed to take place in a public place.
The accused were framed under Sec 341 (wrongful restraint) 143 (unlawful assembly), 294 (obscene act), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 354 (assault or criminal force on a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty) of IPC following a written complaint filed by girl’s mother.
Chairperson of Assam State Commission for Women Neera Barooah said the commission had taken suo motu cognizance of the incident and will decide on next course of action based on police action and report.
source: india.com
