Assam

2 arrested for harassing dance-troupe in Chaygaon

Pratidin Bureau

Policeon Sunday arrested two prime accused involved in the horrific incident thattook place in Chaygaon area on Friday night, where the femaledancers were forced to strip naked in front of the audience. The arrested have beenidentified as Subhahan Khan and Shahrukh Khan.

"Sofar we have arrested two accused involved in the incident and we are currentlyinterrogating them," informed a top official of Chaygaon Police Station. However,a large part of the group is still absconding.

Theincident took place in Asolpara village under Chaygaon area, whenfemale members of a dance group were molested by the miscreants. The femaledancers were also forced to undress in front of hundreds of people.

It may be mentioned here that the programme was organised on the occasion of Eid and the organisers have collected a huge amount of money from the audience by selling the tickets. Later, the dance group had lodged an FIR regarding the incident.

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