The clip, a copy of which is in NDTV's possession, shows Mr Mithu leaving his home in an SUV. He and his father, Vijay Madan, have been summoned for questioning.
AMRITSAR: The police have acquired CCTV footage of Sourabh Madan Mithu - a local councillor's son who organised the Dussehra event that ended with the death of 61 spectators on a railway track in Amritsar - escaping soon after the tragedy occurred on Friday night.
The clip, a copy of which is in NDTV's possession, shows Mr Mithu leaving his home in an SUV. "His Dussehra committee had asked for permission to hold the event, for which we gave a conditional no-objection certificate that becomes applicable only after you get the corporation's nod," said Deputy Commissioner of Police AS Powar.
Mr Mithu and his mother, a Congress Councillor, remain missing over 48 hours after the incident occurred, and protesters have hit the warpath with their demands for the arrest of those responsible. Irked by their absence, a group of people threw stones at the organisers' residence on Saturday afternoon -- breaking several windows. Police brought them under control and placed the neighbourhood under guard.
Although the Punjab police have registered a first information report in connection with the tragedy, they did not name anybody in the document on the grounds that the accused were yet to be identified.
"It is too early to say anything about the accused, or who was responsible for the deaths on the railway track," said Amritsar station house officer Balvir Singh, adding that names will be added to the document on the basis of the ongoing investigation.