In a shocking incident, a man was arrested in Kolkata on Saturday after he was caught masturbating while making indecent gestures at two young women travelling in a public bus.

The man, identified as Asit Roy, was arrested from North Kolkata after one of the women posted a video of him masturbating and gesturing at them inside the bus on social media.

Narrating her ordeal on Facebook, the complainant wrote, "Me and my friend were on our way back to home at around 12 noon. We boarded bus number 30B/1 from Hedua park. Suddenly, we saw this man making indecent gestures while staring at us. While there were others in the bus, no one protested."

According to the young woman, when she reported the matter to the bus conductor, he allegedly smiled and said, "What can we do, how do we read what's on people's mind!" In fact, she claims while she shouted for help to catch hold of the man, no one came forward to help her. She has also mentioned the vehicle number of the bus - WB25C6638.

"On another occasion, this man had done the same but I could not do anything as I did not have proof in hand," the victim went on to write on social media, while posting the video of the man caught in the act.

In the video posted by the complainant, the man can be seen making constant indecent gestures, even after knowing he was being videographed.

Soon after her post, the video went viral with multiple appeals made to the Kolkata Police to identify and arrest the culprit. At the time of writing this report, the post had more than 22 lakh views and 30 thousand shares.

Acting swiftly on the case, Kolkata Police launched a manhunt and caught the culprit Asit Roy, a hawker, from Shyampukur Police Station area within hours of the social media post.

"The victim had posted a complaint on our social media page. Other too had sent messages protesting the indecent act. We registered a case on the basis of the Facebook post. A probe was launched with highest priority. A manhunt was launched across the city with the culprit's photograph. We have arrested the man from Shyampukur Police Station area. A resident of Baidyabati, his name is Asit Roy. He is a hawker by profession. He will be punished, be rest assured," announced Kolkata Police on Facebook on Saturday evening.



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