Guwahati: Eleven out of the 15 accused in the horrific July 2012 molestation case in Guwahati were convicted by the CJM court on Friday. Those convicted included the prime accused Amar Jyoti Kalita who was seen in the footage of the incident, filmed by a local television journalist Gaurav Jyoti Neog, leading the maddened mob. NewsLive journalist Neog, who was made one of the accused in the case, was, however, acquitted by the court on grounds of benefit of doubt. Kalita, say sources, has been sentenced to two years in jail and fined Rs 2,000, while the others have been sentenced to one year in prison and fined.
The molestation incident, which was aired by a news channel on July 9, outraged the nation. The video clip showed a smiling Kalita in a red T-shirt trying to rip off the shirt of the girl as she walked out of a pub. He was joined by a mob who dragged and molested her. 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.
Kalita fled Guwahati after the molestation video went viral on the Internet and was shown by news channels. He was seen in Odisha, Mumbai and Kolkata. Kalita was seen at the Howrah railway station only three days ago. Kalita is said to be a friend of Neog.
In the video footage, the victim was shown being dragged
04:54 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Guwahati: The last accused in Guwahati molestation case of July 9 has surrendered. The police said the last accused in the case, Sikandar Basfore, gave himself up late last evening at Bhangagarh police station here. With this all the 17 accused in the case have been arrested by the police. Basfore will be produced before the court later on Saturday and the police would seek his custody, sources said. Of...
12:18 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Guwahati: Amar Jyoti Kalita, prime accused in the molestation of a girl on July 9 outside a pub, was remanded to five days police custody on Thursday. Kalita, who was arrested on July 23 in Varanasi and brought to Guwahati on Wednesday on a transit remand, was on Thursday produced amidst tight security before the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate SK Moitra. Moitra after hearing the petition of both Kalita's lawyer...
08:19 PM, Jul 26, 2012
New Delhi: Amar Jyoti Kalita, the prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case, is expected to be produced in a court in Guwahati on Thursday. He was nabbed in Varanasi on July 23 after being on the run for 2 weeks. He was handed over to Assam police on transit remand. Earlier, Kalita was on Wednesday brought back to Guwahati from Varanasi by a special investigation team of Assam police....
09:13 AM, Jul 26, 2012
Guwahati: The prime accused in the July 9 molestation case, Amar Jyoti Kalita, was on Wednesday brought back to Guwahati from Varanasi by a special investigation team of Assam police. Escorted by the police team, Kalita reached Guwahati on a flight from Kolkata at around 6 PM. Tight security arrangements were made at the airport, official sources said. Superintendent of police (Operations) Ranjan Bhuniya, who led the Assam police team...
09:47 PM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday said that he was "very happy" that all the accused in the Guwahati molestation incident had been arrested. "We have dealt with the case very firmly," he added. Key accused in the case, Amar Jyoti Kalita, was arrested on Monday evening in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Kalita had reportedly surrendered at the Varanasi police station after reportedly having a word with the...
10:27 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Guwahati: The man who figured most prominently in the video that went viral showing a mob molesting a teenaged girl in Guwahati was finally arrested after being on the run for two weeks. Amar Jyoti Kalita surrendered on Monday. CNN-IBN has traced his movements across the country from the time of the incident. For days he was just a series of pictures and a grinning symbol of the ugliest molestation...
07:48 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Varanasi/Guwahati: On the run for two weeks, Amar Jyoti Kalita, who was filmed leading a mob of 50 in molesting a young woman in Guwahati, was on Monday arrested in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh following a tip-off from Assam police. Kalita reportedly surrendered at the Banaras Hindu University Police Chowki in Varanasi on Tuesday. DIG Varanasi Satish Ganesh said that a man claiming to be Kalita surrendered before the police...
09:48 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Varanasi/ Guwahati: Amar Jyoti Kalita, the prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case, has been arrested in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Kalita reportedly surrendered at the Banaras Hindu University Police Chowki in Varanasi on Tuesday. DIG Varanasi Satish Ganesh said that a man claiming to be Kalita surrendered before the police on Monday afternoon. Ganesh said that Uttar Pradesh Police have contacted their counterparts in Assam to identify and verify the...
05:22 PM, Jul 23, 2012
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...
11:07 AM, Jul 23, 2012
The NCW's probe panel member Alka Lamba who went to Guwahati may have been sacked for revealing the identity of the victim, but her action has raised serious questions on the functioning of the institution. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Guwahati: There is a nagging fear that the Guwahati mob molestation incident is slowly being politicised. After activist Akhil Gogoi blamed the journalist at the spot for staging the molestation attack on the victim, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was quick to promise action. But the fact is, his earlier promise of bringing the culprits to book, is still far from fulfilled. The 48-hour deadline set by the Chief Minister has...
08:57 AM, Jul 17, 2012
Guwahati: Five more people have been arrested in connection with the molestation of a teenager outside a pub in Guwahati. This takes the total number of arrests so far to 11. However, the main suspect, Amar Jyoti Kalita, spotted in a red jersey in the video of the incident, is still absconding. Police sources had said that Amar Jyoti Kalita might have fld to Odisha, and a search was on...
08:14 AM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: After a major faux pas by the National Commission for Women, which revealed the name of the victim of the Guwahati mob molestation incident at a press briefing, it was the turn of the Assam government to repeat the blunder. The Department of Information and Public Relations released the name of the victim and photographs of her meeting Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday - a clear violation...
07:28 AM, Jul 17, 2012
