Guwahati molestation: Prime accused Amar Jyoti Kalita caught on CCTV in Howrah

Kolkata: The prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case, Amar Jyoti Kalita, has been traced, according to sources. Sources say that a CCTV camera has captured Kalita in Howrah. The Assam Police is likely to announce a reward for any information on him.

Sources say the CCTV footage of Kalita was recorded three days back in Howrah.

The police had earlier claimed that Kalita had fled to Odisha in the aftermath of the incident, from where he fled to Mumbai.

Sources say the CCTV footage of Amar Jyoti Kalita, the man in a red jersey in the molestation video, was recorded three days back.

Kalita is said to be a friend of the TV reporter who shot the molestation video on July 9. The journalist of NewsLive TV, Gaurav Jyoti Neog, was arrested last week.

Neog has been booked under 11 counts including intention to insult the modesty of a woman, obscene act and disturbing public tranquility. The Editor of NewsLive Atanu Bhuyan also had to resign from his job.

The police have so far arrested 11 people in the case. The unedited footage of the incident was also sent for tests.

The molestation incident took place on July 9. The teenager was molested and the incident was filmed by the NewsLive journalist, Neog. Media took up the incident on July 12, following which there was outrage in the country with activists demanding justice for the victim and action against the beasts.

While the video of the incident went viral on the Internet, 12 accused were identified and their pictures were out not just in Guwahati, but throughout the Internet, asking people to inform the police wherever any of them was seen.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had also set a 2-day deadline for the police to arrest all the accused, which the police failed to meet. While the police has managed to arrest 11 accused, Kalita is still to be nabbed.

The National Commission for Women had also set up a team to probe the incident. However, the NCW also made a blunder with one of its fact finding committee members, Alka Lamba, revealing the victim's name in the report. Lamba had to quit the committee following the blunder.

The police is now on the lookout for Kalita.

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