2002 Guj riots convict arrested for assaulting woman journalist

January 21, 2016 14:33

The Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Thursday picked up Suresh Langdo, a convict serving life imprisonment in 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre, for allegedly assaulting a woman journalist when she went to his house for an interview on Wednesday evening.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Deepan Bhadran said that Landgo was picked up from his residence after the case of alleged assault was transferred to DCB. Officials said that Landgo is being questioned based on the complaint filed by the journalist Revati Laul.

She first lodged the complaint at Vejalpur police station which was then transferred to DCB. Laul is said to have been living in Ahmedabad for the past one year researching for her upcoming book based on 2002 riots.

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