Amar Jyoti Kalita aka James Bond who was the main accused in the Molestation of a School Girl jn Guwahati, has beena arrested in Varanasi UttarPradesh. He himself surrendered before the Police. He is yet to be deported to Assam.
He fled Guwahati after he was recognized in the Video of Molestation filmed by Newslive Reporters. He was hiding and couldnot be traced by Assam Police. He was seen in Odisha, Mumbai and Kolkata. Kalita was seen at the Howrah railway station only three days ago. Most of the molestors who were recognized have been arrested.
Amar Jyoti Kalita surrendered at the Banaras Hindu University Police Chowki in Varanasi . According to Varanasi DIG Satish Ganesh, a man claiming himself to be Amar Jyoti Kalita surrendered before the Police on Monday afternoon.
The video footage showed Amar wearing a red T-Shirt and beating the Girl and trying to rip her shirt while dragging.
Kalita fled Guwahati after the molestation video went viral on the Internet and was shown by news channels. He was seen in Odisha, Mumbai and Kolkata. Kalita was seen at the Howrah railway station only three days ago.Kalita is said to be a friend of the TV reporter who shot the molestation video on July 9
While the video of the incident went viral on the Internet, 12 accused were identified and their pictures were out not just in Guwahati, but throughout the Internet, asking people to inform the police wherever any of them was seen.
With Kalita’s arrest, 14 of the seventeen identified in the incident on the Guwahati-Shillong road on the night of July 9 have been taken into custody. Of the 14 arrested, seven are in judicial custody while the cameraman of a local TV who filmed the incident Gaurav Jyoti Nego has been remanded in police custody.
Kalita, a former government employee, was absconding since the incident. A team of Assam police has left for Varanasi to take custody of Kalita.