Bengaluru: The Banaswadi police have arrested the sixth accused involved in the molestation of a woman on January 1. The police have identified the accused as George alias Pappi (21), an electrician.The police said that Pappi was arrested at Anekal while returning to Bengaluru. He is accused of aiding the two main accused, who rode up to the woman walking in the alley in the early hours of January 1, and sexually harassed her. George was among the four men who blocked the entry way into the alley, as their two friends – who had been stalking the woman – rode into the alley to molest the victim.

The entire incident was caught on camera, and by January 3, the footage had caused a national outrage. While five of the accused were arrested by January 7, George had eluded Banaswadi police. According to police, the accused had gone to Tamil Nadu and  was trying to get back to the city on Monday as he had run out of money. The police arrested him near the border check-post at Anekal.

With the arrest, all six of those named in the FIR have been arrested, said the police.