The Assam police, which constituted a team of officers to probe last Monday’s molestation incident, on Sunday arrested two more accused. One of them, in his “confession” before the media, blamed a local TV journalist for keeping the girl confined to record the video.
The police also suspended sub-inspector Subhan Baruah of Dispur police station for dereliction of duty. Prime accused Amarjyoti Kalita is still at large. “We have sent police teams to neighbouring states also to trace him,” senior superintendent of police Apurba Jeevan Baruah said.
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34 Indians die as bus falls into canal in Nepal
Shirish B. Pradhan
Kathmandu, July 15
At least 34 Indians were among the 39 pilgrims who were killed on Sunday when tragedy struck their overcrowded bus that skidded off a slippery road and plunged into a swollen canal in southern Nepal.
The bus was carrying 100 to 120 Hindu pilgrims, mostly from UP, to a temple in Nawalparasi district, 150 km west of the capital Kathmandu, police officials in Nawal-parasi district.
While 39 bodies were retrieved till late afternoon, 27 people who were on board the bus were still missing. The accident site — Gandak canal — is located some 250 km southwest of Kathmandu. — PTI