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Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n ITANAGAR, May 7:<\/strong> Naharlagun police on Wednesday arrested an individual identified as Chello Kalar for allegedly physically assaulting and attempting to molest a 26-year-old woman.<\/p>\n Naharlagun Superintendent of police Mihin Gambo informed that on May 6, 2025, a written complaint was lodged by the woman, stating that she, along with the wife of the accused, had travelled to Guwahati.<\/p>\n “Upon their return to Naharlagun Railway Station, the accused, without any inquiry, physically assaulted her and attempted to molest her. When she resisted, he brandished a pistol and chased her, using obscene language and gestures that outraged her modesty,” SP Gambo said.<\/p>\n “The victim managed to escape and took shelter inside the railway station premises before informing her family. Based on her complaint, a case<\/p>\n \u00a0was registered under Papu Hills PS Case No. 56\/25 U\/S 74\/329(4)\/131\/351(1) BNS read with Section 25(1)(b) of the Arms Act,” he added.<\/p>\n Reportedly, the police also recovered an unlicensed firearm with live ammunition from the possession of the accused.<\/p>\n SP Gambo constituted a special team led by OC-in-Charge Inspector Gejum Basar, Investigating Officer SI A.K. Jha, SI Tase Bagang along with Constables Tepa Sikon and Pappu Halder, under the supervision of SDPO Naharlagun Rishi Longdo.<\/p>\n “Through technical surveillance and intelligence inputs, the accused, aged 35 and currently residing in Karsingsa, was traced and apprehended today after a brief pursuit,” the SP disclosed.<\/p>\n “During interrogation, the accused confessed to threatening the victim and admitted to possessing an unlicensed 7.65 mm pistol along with six live rounds and a magazine. The weapon, ammunition, and a black pistol pouch were seized from his residence,” he added.<\/p>\n The accused has been arrested, and further investigation is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, May 7: Naharlagun police on Wednesday arrested an individual identified as Chello Kalar for allegedly physically assaulting and attempting to molest a 26-year-old woman. Naharlagun Superintendent of police Mihin Gambo informed that on May 6, 2025, a written complaint was lodged by the woman, stating that she, along with the wife of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}