Seven held after woman 'partially stripped, assaulted' at Guwahati nightclub

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Seven people, including the manager of a nightclub, were arrested on Saturday (October 3, 2026) after a woman was “partially stripped and assaulted” by bouncers of a bar following a drunken brawl here a day ago, police said.

The arrests were made after the police registered a suo motu case and started an investigation after a video of the alleged assault at the nightclub in the Khanapara area early on Friday went viral on social media.

The arrested people were aged between 21 and 30 years, and included three women. The nightclub’s manager, the event manager and a front office executive are among them.

Police are also looking into how the nightclub, ‘The Locals’, was open much beyond its permitted closing time of 12.30 am.