In Assam, the total number of arrests in the molestation case has now gone up to seven. Assam Police arrested 3 more persons yesterday in connection with the molestation of a girl on Monday night in Guwahati. Kamrup Metro’s Senior Superintendent of Police Apurba Jiwan Baruah this evening said that, 6 culprits are still absconding. He said that while two people were apprehended in Guwahati by police another culprit was arrested by local people at Bijni in Bongaigaon district last night.

Police today confirmed that the person arrested at Bijni was also involved in molestation case. One sub-inspector of the Dispur police station has been suspended.Police has already intensified search operation to nab all the culprits. Meanwhile, the 2 member team of the National Commission for Women returned to Delhion Sunday. They are likely to submit report tomorrow to the Chairperson of the Commission. Various civil society organizations today gathered at Dighalipukhuri area in Guwahati and also took out a rally demanding immediate arrest of all the culprits.

In another incident, police arrested one army personnel in Sivsagar district who allegedly tried to molest a girl on Friday. Official sources said that a team of army patrol team spotted a teenaged girl near a forest in Dolopa area at Dimow.But the local people rescued the girl from the clutches of the army men. News Content

Expressing concern over increasing cases of women trafficking, the President of National Commission for Women, Mamta Sharma said that it should be stopped. Talking to reporters in Bhopal on Sunday, Ms. Sharma said that a number of cases of women trafficking have come to the fore in Jharkhand and tribal belts of Madhya Pradesh. She said that the Commission is in touch with the police of the states in this connection. Mrs. Sharma said that atrocities against women can not be stopped without changing the mentality of the people. She said that the politicians, police and media will have to play an important role in this direction.