Main accused in Guwahati molestation case arrested

Amar Jyoti Kalita, the main accused in the Guwahati molestation case was arrested in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, three weeks after the shocking incident. Wearing a black and white check shirt, a clean-shaven Kalita has lost his smile in police custody. In the video aired by a news channel in Guwahati on July 9, the camera did not seem to bother Kalita - he smiled as he led a group of men who fell upon the victim, dragging her back when she managed to run a few feet in a futile attempt to flag passing cars for help.

Varanasi police officers say Kalita has been so far vague in his answers.

Kalita was filmed as he led a mob of 50 in molesting a young woman in Guwahati. Kalita, the man in the red-shirt was seen smiling on the video as he tried to rip the woman's shirt.

His red t-shirt is the same that he wears in his display picture on Facebook, where he refers to himself as Bond. Kalita, according to his Facebook page, finished his schooling from the Guwahati Refinery High School in 1995.

The police have said Kalita is a part-time actor and government employee with the Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (AMTRON); he has since been suspended.

He had been missing since the Guwahati video went viral and there had been various reports about him being spotted in Odisha, Maharashtra and West Bengal.

On July 9, a young girl who was at a pub with her friends, was molested by a mob of 50 in Guwahati. She was beaten, pushed and groped for 30 minutes. Kalita had allegedly instigated the mob.