Guwahati Case

Digvijaya Singh says Supreme Court's monitoring of cases affects functioning of lower courts

Reported by Sandeep Phukan; Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today questioned the Supreme Court's monitoring of cases that are under trial in lower courts.

Guwahati molestation case: Court convicts 11, acquits journalist who filmed assault

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Friday December 7, 2012

A chief judicial magistrate's court today convicted 11 of the 16 people accused of assaulting and molesting a girl in public outside a pub in Guwahati on July 9. They are yet to be sentenced.

Guwahati molestation case: Prime accused Amar Jyoti Kalita sent to police custody for five days

Press Trust of India | Thursday July 26, 2012

Amar Jyoti Kalita, prime accused in the molestation of a 17-year-old girl on July 9 outside a Guwahati pub, was remanded to five days police custody today.

Prime accused in molestation case brought to Guwahati

Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 25, 2012

The prime accused in the July 9 molestation case of a teenage girl, Amar Jyoti Kalita, was on Wednesday brought back to Guwahati from Varanasi, where he was caught by a special investigation team of Assam police.

Guwahati molestation case: Assam Police gets custody of main accused

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday July 24, 2012

Amar Jyoti Kalita, the main accused in the Guwahati molestation case, was sent to a five-day transit remand today by the Varanasi Court as sought by the Assam Police. A team of policemen from Guwahati arrived in Varanasi this afternoon to take custod...

Guwahati molestation case: Main accused caught, says Varanasi Police

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday July 24, 2012

Two weeks after he was filmed as he led a mob of 50 in molesting a young woman in Guwahati, Amar Jyoti Kalita has been found in Varanasi, the Deputy Inspector General of Varanasi Police has said. Local police officers say he was vague when answering ...

Guwahati molestation case: Main accused traced near Kolkata

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday July 23, 2012

The man who led a mob of 30 people as it molested a young woman on camera outside a pub in Guwahati has been traced to a location near Kolkata. The police will flash his photo on local channels, and offer a reward for any information that leads to hi...

Guwahati molestation: Three days police custody for Gaurav Jyoti Neog

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday July 21, 2012

Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the former Newslive reporter who is accused of "planning and directing" the ghastly mob attack on a teenage girl in Guwahati, has been sent to police custody for three days. He was arrested yesterday.

Guwahati molestation case: Madhya Pradesh minister says women should follow Indian culture

Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Saturday July 21, 2012

Days after chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW) Mamata Sharma's remarks on how women should dress drew criticism, now a Madhya Pradesh minister said the safety of women and respect accorded to them depend on what they wear and how well ...

Guwahati molestation case: TV reporter Gaurav Jyoti Neog arrested

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday July 21, 2012

Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the Newslive channel reporter who is accused of "planning and directing" the ghastly mob attack on a 20-year-old girl in Guwahati, has been arrested. He resigned on July 15. Police claim it has enough evidence to nail him for insti...

Guwahati molestation case: Main accused was in Mumbai, still not arrested

Kishalay Bhattacharjee | Thursday July 19, 2012

10 days after he was caught on camera, smiling as he led a mob of 30 men in molesting a young woman, Amar Jyoti Kalita, remains missing. The chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi said on Thursday that Mr Kalita was seen in Mumbai yesterday, but was un...

Guwahati molestation case: Opposition protests in front of Raj Bhawan

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 19, 2012

Opposition AIUDF legislators on Wednesday staged a protest in front of Raj Bhavan over the July 9 public molestation of a girl on a main road here and other crimes that have rocked various parts of Assam in the recent past.

Guwahati victim's photo was office mistake, why should I apologise, asks Chief Minister

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday July 17, 2012

The chief minister of Assam has said that he accepts the blame and responsibility for a press statement sent out on Monday evening that shared the photo of a young woman who was molested on camera outside a pub in Guwahati a week ago. Tarun Gogoi sa...

Guwahati case:Office's mistake, why should I say sorry? says Tarun Gogoi on releasing girl's photo

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday July 17, 2012

Highlights: Assam CM Tarun Gogoi on Guwahati molestation case

Guwahati case: Did no wrong, says editor of channel that filmed molestation

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday July 17, 2012

The arrests are slowly adding up -too slowly to matter, really. A week after a TV camera in Guwahati filmed a young woman being attacked, groped, pulled back from the road that she tried to race down, 11 of the 30 people who assaulted her have been ...