Assamese actor Nandini Kashyap has been arrested in a hit-and-run case in Guwahati that claimed the life of a 21-year-old student. The actor, whose recent movie Rudra was a box office success, was detained last night by the Guwahati Police.
The hit-and-run occurred in Guwahati’s Dakhingaon locality around 3 am on July 25. The victim was identified as Samiul Haque, a student at Nalbari Polytechnic who also worked for the Guwahati Municipal Corporation.
Haque, who had been working on a light project, was returning home when a speeding Scorpio allegedly driven by Ms Kashyap ran him over, according to eyewitness accounts. The actor didn’t stop to help the injured student and fled after the incident, they said.
The victim died in the hospital last night. His colleagues, who had chased the vehicle after the hit-and-run, later traced it to an apartment in Kahilipara, where Ms Kashyap allegedly tried to hide her SUV. Viral videos have captured a heated confrontation between them and the actor.
“We arrested actor Nandini Kashyap today in the hit-and-run case. Earlier, we had only questioned her since the case was initially filed under bailable sections. However, last evening, the victim died due to his injuries. So we added charges of culpable homicide amounting to murder, which is non-bailable. We have arrested her and will produce her in a local court,” Jayanta Sarathi Borah, DCP (Traffic), Guwahati Police told reporters.