Two more persons allegedly involved in the molestation of a girl have been arrested and a police official suspended for dereliction of duty amid ongoing raids in Assam and neighbouring states to nab the remaining culprits.

The molestation of a girl in full public view and in front of television cameras has raised serious question over the moral policing being carried out by local news channels in Assam.

Admitting that there have been lapses on the part of police in dealing with the molestation case of a girl here, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has given them a deadline of 48 hours to arrest youths involved in the incident.

An eyewitness to the July 10 molestation of a girl in the heart of the city on Monday, that caused a public outcry, on Saturday said a mob of nearly 40 people had tried to gang rape her that night.

RTI activist Akhil Gogoi on Saturday alleged that a journalist who filmed the molestation of a girl here on Monday night on his mobile had 'instigated' it, but the news channel he belonged to denied i

One more youth has been arrested on the charge of stripping and molesting a girl in a busy area here while 12 others involved in the incident have been identified.

A total of four persons have been

A fourth person was arrested for reportedly stripping and molesting a girl in a busy area here even as an insensitive remark by Assam's DGP over the incident earned him a rebuke by Union Home Minister

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