Title - Odisha cops face music for conducting unofficial search operation for Guwahati molester

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha police on Tuesday reprimanded three government railway (GRP) police personnel for conducting a search operation of alleged Guwahati molester Amar Jyoti Kalita at Bhubaneswar railway station without any official requisition to do so.The three GRP cops, including two constables Bhubaneswar government railway police station have been served with show-cause notices. "I have sought an explanation from them as to who instructed them to conduct the search operation. They might face disciplinary action," railway SP Bhagyadhar Behera told TOI."Assam police is the investigating agency in the case. We are ready to extend full cooperation to Assam police if their team reaches here with sketch of the accused. We cannot search him on our own unless there is an order from our higher authority," Behera said. The GRP cops were on Monday found carrying a newspaper (with Kalita's picture) and approaching vendors and passengers on platform no.1 asking them to keep a tab on the key accused of the ghastly Guwahati molestation incident. The policemen in question invited wrath of their seniors for doing the practice without their knowledge.DGP Prakash Mishra later informed the media that the Assam government was yet to send any official requisition to him to help them search Kalita, who was said to be hiding in Odisha. Earlier on Monday Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi asserted before the Guwahati media that Kalita was still in Odisha and the Guwahati police was in touch with its Odisha counterpart. Rumours about Kalita's arrest in Bhubaneswar railway station left the state cops on toes on Sunday. Four days ago Guwahati police had alerted the Bhubaneswar police to track a local phone number to which Kalita reportedly called. Later the city police found that the number belonged to a PCO booth. "After that we have not received any formal communication from Assam till Wednesday morning," a senior police officer said.