Amarjyoti Kalita, prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case who surrendered to the police yesterday, has reportedly said that the incident was a spontaneous one and that he was drunk at the time. [caption id=“attachment_388490” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Kalita (in red shirt) was on the run after the incident. Screen grab from CNN IBN[/caption] Kalita, who has been on the run since the incident, was tracked to Bhubhaneshwar, Mumbai, Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh until he finally surrendered to the police in Varanasi. Kalita told the police that the incident was not planned in advance and was spontaneous,
the Times of India reported
. A team from the Guwahati police is expected to takeover his custody today after he is produced before a court in Varanasi. The prime accused in the 9 July molestation case, which was captured on video,was accused of orchestrating the incident along with the journalist of the news channel Newslive by activist Akhil Gogoi. The reporter and editor of the news channel have since resigned and most of the people seen in the video have been arrested.