Guwahati molestation case: Editor of TV channel resigns


 Tuesday, July 17, 2012: The editor-in-chief of the local television news channel, which had videographed the molestation of a girl outside a pub here, resigned today after expressing doubts over impartial enquiry into the allegations that a journalist had instigated the incident.


Addressing a press conference at the Guwahati Press Club, the editor-in-chief, Atanu Bhuyan, said he was surprised at Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s comment yesterday criticising journalist Gaurav Jyoti Neog for not informing the police.


“After Gogoi’s comment, Neog was picked up by the police and interrogated for four hours before being released. We fear the enquiry will not be impartial as the police may be influenced by Gogoi’s comment,” he said.


Bhuyan said he also came to now from “various sources” that the chief minister had wished that he (Bhuyan) should resign. “Such comments may put a pressure on the management of the channel, which is still supporting me, and it in turn may pressurise me in the future. Therefore, to avoid such a situation I have decided to resign.

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